Not that it is a surprise but we have the first (that I know) **official** statement from Trump that he will revoke the paroles granted under the various Biden Admin parole initiatives, including CBPOne & CHNV, and the standard 212d5 granted by CBP mostly in 2021 and early 2022. ⬇️
That could be a trully "day-one" stroke of the pen executive action and there will be no recourse for it. None!
The only ones that could possibly be challenged in court would be the U4U and Afghan parole programs as these two have statutory authorisations or sorta.
The termination of a 212d5 parole is entirely at the unfettered discretion of DHS and returns the person in the status the grantee had prior to the grant of parole and is subject to be taken into custody.
For all the CBPOne and CHNV parolees that prior status is "applicant for admission" and because of the entry fiction, the person is considered to still be at the border despite their physical presence in the US and with that goes out judicial review and 5th amendment protections per Thuraissigiam.
It is true that they will never be able to detain and "remove" close to 2Mil parolees but ppl who make this point underestimate the action and reaction aspect that we saw during Trump's first term, where a huge number of people left voluntarily because of draconian policies that made daily life impossible to bear and bc pure fear of being arrested and detained for months in punitive immigration detention.
let me explain ---
* if parole is terminated, with the termination disappear the ability to obtain work permits (unless another basis exists independent from parole).
* without a parole over a year, disappears the eligibility for federal benefits and state benefits funded in part by fed appropriations.
What Biden Admin did not tell all these ppl who were paroled or issued NTA is that the vast majority of them have no path to status. (exceptions are Cubans and spouses/adult kids fo USCs).
CHNV parolees also do not have sponsors w signed I-864 affidavit of support (which allows a non-citizen to sue their sponsor for the support they agreed to provide) so these ppl have absolutely no claim or recourse vs the "supporters" that filed their application in the first place.
with no work permits, no support, no services, and facing the prospect of punitive immigration detention or endless ankle monitoring, I will guarantee you that a lot of ppl will leave. This is what Stephen Miller counts on.
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The dreaded #immigrationFriday is upon us again: the 5th Circuit again found the DACA program unlawful but limited the injunctive relief to Texas and stayed the ruling pending cert review. It is an awful ending of a
good program that should had long ago been replaced by a Congressional Act providing a path to citizenship for Dreamers. A depressing thread ...
The decision is by Judge Smith so of course the standing issue was dealt quicky (he issued the DAPA decision). Basically the standing decision goes like this:
1. We found standing in DACA I; 2. We don't want to change the result so you lose again 3. SCOTUS hasn't told us we are wrong about that DACA I -- so go pound sand.
Hah! I missed this one: Bernie Sanders has introduced an #H1B Amendment to the Laken Riley Act, which
* eliminates the concept of "prevailing wage" and replaces it with "the higher of the median local wage level or the actual wage of similarly employed
workers". (More on that later in the thread)
* introduces the concept of "employer at common law" which is going after the outsourcing model in H1B and if passed, would pretty much end it.
* mandates more rigorous lay-off certifications from both the petitioning employer and the "employer at common law", i.e. the H1B chop shops
* if a petitioning employer or the chop shop is required by law to provide a notice of a mass layoff and has H1B on payroll "the status of such nonimmigrants shall
expire on the date that is 120 days after the date on which such notice is provided."
* expands the grace period from 60 days to 120 days for a laid-off H-1B to switch employers
The whole H1B MAGA "civil war" as the @thehill called it, is fake as hell and it "erupted" because of xenophobia and racism & coz certain people do not want to address the real issue about "legal" immigration: It has nothing to do with the inability to get and retain the 0.01% of any profession!
The conversation should not be about H1B visas (this should have been reformed line a decade ago to remove the caps). It is and should be about REMOVING the COUNTRY CAPS preventing talented and hard-working people from getting their green cards and having the certainty and security they need to help America prosper.
Musk's whole message about desperately needing #H1B to keep geniuses like him and prominent Tech entrepreneurs is total BS. H1B is not and has never been about the top anything.
H1B is a non-immigrant visa program that is open to both entry-level and experienced non-citizens by Congressional design. All that you need is
* good faith job offer in a specialty occupation (which is defined as involving theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge (yeah I know!)
and
* a bachelor's or higher degree in the specific specialty (or its equivalent) actually required as a minimum for entry into the occupation in the United States.
*** OR be a fashion model of distinguished merit and ability.
So this is how both Musk and Melania got their foot in and on their way to green cards and later US Citizenship.
Biden Admin and Class counsel in the long-running Roman case (Adelanto COVID-19 closure and intake restriction order) have reached a settlement, subject to Court's approval, to lift the intake order (meaning the largest for-profit immigration detention facility [~2000 beds] will reopen) with pretty meaningless concessions from Def & Geo in the form of continuing COVID-19 compliance and protections from re-arrest to class members and over $2Mil in attorney fees.
Well F*ck, what can I say, Biden Admin and DOJ are rolling the red carpet for Trump's deportation machine.
This case started in April 2020 and Judge H ordered the release of most people who were trapped in this hell hole at the start of the pandemic via this class action and many individual habes that were consolidated w it.
Most ppl were released and ultimately Judge H set a maximum capacity for Adelanto at <500.
For the last year it has operated at holding 3 yes THREE non-citizens but of course Geo received its guaranteed minimum of $200 per day per head in the liquidated numbers provision of the contract.
Full disclosure: have not gone in depth in the terms of the settlement agreement so this summary is preliminary and very glib ... but heck here we go:
America has handed Trump a dark mandate on immigration; there is no way to escape the conclusion.
If you are a non-citizen without a green card in hand and are still thinking there are sunny days ahead, well, think again!
Buckle up, it will be a depressing 🧵
I'll try to cover 3 things the way I see it:
A. the real-life immediate impact to admissions, adjudications, and removal proceedings that will start to trickle down on day one of Trump 2.0
B. the likely long-term efforts to bring to life his campaign promises
C. what undocumented people, and especially mixed status families and people in removal proceedings, could do to protect their rights under the INA (for as long as they are on the books)
Nothing in this thread is intended or constitutes legal advice. These are my musings and way to blow off steam this morning.
A.1 I expect that immigration will be a big thing with the "day ONE" crowd and narrative over the next few months and in reality. Here is my list of what I expect Trump and Stephen Miller will do through executive orders and proclamations immediately:
* Trump will issue a 'to-do' executive order to all immigration agencies to review, revisit, and adjust all internal rules, practices, manuals, and regulations to fit their priorities which will be (1) halt immigrant visa processing; (2) halt grant of asylum and parole grants; (3) tighten adjudication standards for all applications for relief; (4) suspend all entries for a period of time (travel bans); (5) set removal priorities.
* Trump will cancel and terminate all of Biden's "legal pathways", including CHNV, CBPOne, POE daily entries.
UPDATE on the #PIP (keeping families together parole program): Judge is doing his own research (or his clerk is doing a global search for "parole" in statutory text, I should say) and just issued an order inviting the parties to address "the effect" of 6 U.S.C. § 202(4)’s reference to parole as a “form[] of permission . . . to enter the United States”....
This is noteworthy for two reasons: 1. the parties have not yet filed their dispositive papers & arguments (due Friday the 18th) .... But considering the short schedule he set, not surprising he is trying to educate himself on the matter. 2. depending on what he focuses on in this text, it may be an indication of where he is going. On one hand, this is an unambiguous grant of gap-filling authority to DHS Sec to promulgate rules and regulations regarding parole. But what he more likely will focus on is that it refers to and bundles parole with visas & and other permissions "to enter". Remember, TX is arguing that nothing in INA allows parole in place i.e. for ppl who are already here and have effected an "entry".
As i said before, the decision will be all about the text of 212(d)(5) and 245(a), thus an exercise of textualism at its worst.