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Photo Source West Michigan Politics Blog Robert Snell of The Detroit News wrote an important article on how Republican lawmakers are trying to block “Sanctuary City” policies all over the country and in Michigan: “Republican state lawmakers want to block cities from sheltering immigrants from federal agents, an effort sparked by the recent shooting death of…

Free Webinar Featuring GPM’s Maris Liss

July 13, 2015

A free webinar on BURDEN OF PROOF STRATEGIES will be presented on July 14th, 2015, 12 Noon, EDT, featuring two CILs, former BIA Board Member and immigration mentor/coach, Lory Rosenberg, and Maris Liss, whose immigration practice focuses on federal appeals. The webinar, “Systems for a Thriving Practice: Burden of Proof for Benefits and Discretionary Relief”…

Kerry v. Din and the Lost Meaning of Immigration

June 26, 2015

asylum, Immigration, SCOTUS, Supreme Court

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Ms. Fauzia Din, a U.S Citizen, was not entitled to know specifically why her Afghan husband was denied a visa, and that this did not violate her fundamental right to marry. Ms. Din’s husband, Kanishka Berashk, worked as a civil servant in Kabul while the country was…

Could the Obama Administration do more with Immigration Reform?

June 23, 2015

DACA, DAPA, Immigration Reform, Obama

When President Obama announced his executive order for immigration reform last November, he angered many members of the Republican Party who then brought the issue into a Texas courtroom. Judge Hanen was hand-picked by 26 Republican-nominated states to put the brakes on DAPA – and he did just that with a temporary injunction that was…

The Prince and the Pauper: Migration’s Unequal Footing

June 18, 2015

civil rights, expatriates, Human Rights, Immigration, migrants, migration, Refugees

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Serge Melki These days, media reports cover a gamut of issues related to inequality in the U.S. This includes America’s growing disparities in income, wages, wealth, and opportunity. The expanding gap between the one percenters and the rest of us is bad for our society, our economy, and our morality,…

Temporary U.S. Protection Leaves Syrian Refugees in Limbo

June 9, 2015

asylum, Immigration, MigrationCrisis, Refugees, Syria, TPS

GPM is in The Guardian! Read our opinion piece here! Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Can the devastating consequences of an international refugee crisis help revitalize the bruised economies of American cities? It could, but it won’t, not while the United States remains overburdened with a miles-long asylum backlog and an insufficient temporary relief system. Four…

A Political Power Play: Are Immigrants Being Taken for a Ride?

June 8, 2015

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DACA, DAPA, executive order, Immigration Reform, Obama

Last November, President Obama began a political firestorm when he announced a new executive order for immigration reform. In many ways this was a follow-up to the two-year-old program known as DACA, which covered young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and grew up in this country. The one unveiled in…

Migrants or Refugees: What’s in a Name, Anyways?

June 3, 2015

asylum, Europe, Global Migration, Migrant Crisis, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya

The migration crises in Europe and Southeast Asia has taken far too many lives and continues to create political and social obstacles for the international community to solve. Is violent conflict and political strife the root of the dilemma forcing people to flee their home countries? Or does the problem lie in the way we…

Checks, Balances, and the Politics of the Judiciary

June 1, 2015