Written by Emily Creighton, Immigration Impact Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a decision on continuances in immigration court that both recognized their importance and decried their alleged overuse.  This decision will have widespread implications for immigration court process. The case, Matter of L-A-B-R-, addresses circumstances under which an immigration judge…

Written by Kristin Macleod-Ball, Immigration Impact Earlier this year, the Trump administration launched its “zero tolerance” policy, aimed at punishing immigrants, including asylum seekers, who enter the United States without authorization. Among its many inhumane effects, this policy is leaving asylum seekers to languish in detention for weeks or months…

Written by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact  In all the chaos of family separation, another disturbing detail has come to light: immigration officials may have coerced vulnerable parents into signing away their right to be reunified with their children. In a complaint filed on Thursday with the DHS Office of Civil…

Written by Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact The average wait time on a U.S. citizenship application was about five months in 2014. Today, the average time a green card holder will wait for their citizenship application to be processed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is 10 months. With the…

By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Aug. 28, 2018 “Police officers are almost never convicted of murder. Body cameras may have made the difference in this Texas case.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about…

By: Andrea Sears, Public News Service – ME AUGUSTA, Maine — A federal appeals court has ruled that Environmental Protection Agency rules governing coal-ash pits do not adequately protect from toxic pollution flowing into rivers and streams. The Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., has ordered the EPA to revise…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Aug. 28, 2018 “Election judges can carry guns to the polls, Texas attorney general says” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues….

By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune Aug. 27, 2018 “UT System regents officially name James Milliken next chancellor” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The incoming chancellor…

By Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune Aug. 27, 2018 “To pay for trauma centers, state program sinks thousands of Texas drivers into deep debt” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government…

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Aug. 27, 2018 “Trump administration wants to block Texas groups from census citizenship fight” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. As…