Appleseed Position Statement on S.744

Appleseed Position Statement on S.744: Improving the Accuracy, Legitimacy and Efficiency of the United States Immigration Court System   Appleseed applauds the Senate Judiciary Committee’s recent significant consensus on S.744 and enthusiastically supports several aspects of the proposed legis...
June 3, 2013

Immigration Court Reform: Amendment to S. 744

On May 20, 2013 by voice vote, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Coons Amendment to S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.  Through his amendment, Senator Coons has put into place Chicago Appleseed’s and National Appleseed’s long-held belie...
May 21, 2013

Links of Interest, November 12-16, 2012

Immigration Reform The American Constitution Society has released an issue brief on state and local efforts to create and enforcement immigration law. The Southern Poverty Law Center was granted access to immigrant detention records in Louisiana, as it seeks to determine whether state and local...
November 16, 2012

Current Legal Events: The Fifth Circuit and the Immigration Debate

Last week, the 5th Circuit agreed to rehear Villas at Parkside Partners v. Farmers Branch, a civil rights lawsuit challenging a Texas ordinance that required all adults living in rental housing within the city of Farmer’s Branch to obtain a $5 occupancy license conditioned upon the occupant's citize...
September 26, 2012
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