ICE
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Daniela Vargas Paid a Fair Price
Mar 6, 2017(Comments: 16)March 6, 2017 (Fault Lines) – My colleague Matt Brown wrote a clever post about Daniela Vargas, an illegal immigrant and former Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals beneficiary who was taken off the streets by ICE... -
Daniela Vargas’ Punishment for Speaking Out
Mar 3, 2017(Comments: 5)March 3, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Shortly after Daniela Vargas finished giving a speech about the impact of deportations on families, ICE took her into custody. Moments after an immigrant spoke out about her fears of... -
Being Tough on Immigration Means Being Tough on Victims
Feb 17, 2017(Comments: 0)February 17, 2017 (Fault Lines) — It should go without saying that immigrants are people. They’re hardworking. They’re lazy. They’re smart. They’re stupid. They possess every single trait, good or bad, that non-immigrants possess. That means some... -
Judge Posner’s Decision In Robledo-Soto Speaks Volumes
Jan 16, 2017(Comments: 0)January 16, 2017 (Fault Lines) — In immigration court, the basis for a defendant’s respondent’s “good cause” for continuance of trial an individual hearing is governed by the Board of Immigration Appeals’ Opinion of Matter of... -
ICE Agent Sues for Records Involving Fellow Agent & Prostitute
Jan 8, 2017(Comments: 2)January 9, 2017 (Fault Lines) — The plaintiff in this case, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (or “ICE”) Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) Supervisory Special Agent (referred to as “SA” in the trenches) Jason Mount, is suing... -
Sorry Kids, But No Campus Is A Sanctuary
Nov 28, 2016(Comments: 8)November 28, 2016 (Fault Lines) — If you’re not entirely inclined to lend your ear to us at Fault Lines when it comes to the Supremacy Clause, listen to Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Nushin Sayfie rule on... -
So Much For That: Other Nations Won’t Take Back “Our” Deported
Jul 11, 2016(Comments: 1)July 11, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — It’s never as simple as it seems, just ask Mr. Mencken. We here at Fault Lines have previously reported on someone’s unrealistic enthusiastic deportation plans, but that discussion was limited... -
That Train Never Stops: Low-Level Offenders Still Deported From The U.S.
Jun 27, 2016(Comments: 17)June 27, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Don’t let anyone tell us otherwise. The Obama administration is not only doing a very fine job of rounding up and kicking “aliens” out of the U.S., but those booted... -
Seattle Shows Us Nothing’s Fair In Love And Forgery
Apr 25, 2016(Comments: 3)Aug. 25, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Prosecutors, as the saying goes, are not merely advocates for the state, they are ministers of justice. As the Justice Sutherland explained in Berger v U.S.: He may prosecute with... -
Cold as ICE: Immigration Detainee Held In County Jail Sues For His Freedom
Apr 18, 2016(Comments: 7)Apr. 18, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Rushinga Muzaliwa is not waiting trial. He has no pending criminal or immigration charges, and no one has labeled him a flight risk. He has served his sentence for domestic...