Just days after defending the policy, Donald Trump recently signed an executive order prohibiting the practice of separating children from their parents seeking entry into the United State. At the time the president signed the order, his administration had no…
Category: Immigration Crimes
2018
Category: Immigration Crimes
President Donald J. Trump is creating shameful “get tough” policies on illegal immigration that will be a blight on the American historical landscape for generations to come.
Zero Tolerance for Illegal Entry, No Mercy for Children
Part of…
2018
Category: Immigration Crimes
It has been the law in this country for decades that if a lawful permanent resident is convicted of an “aggravated felony,” the offending individual is subject to removal from the United States. The Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) defines…
2018
Category: Immigration Crimes
The 2016 election and the Trump presidency have raised many topics of social debate among Americans, none more heated and controversial than immigration.
President Trump asserts that undocumented immigrants are more likely to commit crime, and that by allowing…
2018
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Immigration Crimes
Of all the troubling promises President Trump made during the 2016 presidential campaign, the promise to round up and deport undocumented immigrants is the one the president had religious stuck with – and with a host of tragic human consequences.…
2018
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law | Fraud | Immigration Crimes | Sex Crimes | Uncategorized
Many different types of crimes fall under federal laws, a vast majority of which tend to fall into just a few categories.
How so? Take a look at the numbers.
In 2016, nearly 68,000 federal cases resulted in…
2017
Category: Immigration Crimes
The undocumented immigrant charged with shooting and killing Kate Steinle in San Francisco in 2015 was recently acquitted of murder, although he will be deported to Mexico on other felony charges.
Even before this controversial jury verdict, the Steinle…
2017
The crude joke goes something like this: the difference between a drunkard and an alcoholic is that the drunk does not have to attend meetings.
In a May 30, 2017 decision, Ledezma-Cosino v. Sessions, an en banc panel of…
2017
Category: Immigration Crimes
In the first 100 days of his presidency, Donald Trump’s efforts to fulfill his many campaign promises have been thwarted at every turn.
Trump has tried – twice – to implement a travel and immigration ban targeting Muslim-majority countries.…
2017
Category: Drug Crime | Immigration Crimes | White Collar Crime
It should come as no surprise that the current U.S. Justice Department is giving immigration and drug crimes a higher priority for prosecution than white collar crimes. White collar crime generally involves upwardly mobile people in the financial community…