Last year ended on a sour note for immigration policy with the defeat of the DREAM Act. Now, as the new state and federal congressional houses begin their new legislative sessions, more states than ever before appear to be pressing on for a revamped effort to pass harsh legislation targeting immigrants. While we learned that...Read More

The U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) Miami Tactical Dive Team have found a human skull off of Miami’s coast. The skull has since been turned over to the Miami-Dade Police Department for further investigation. In the past, the Team has rescued a man who had suffered a seizure and had to be pulled form...Read More

In a recent decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that wealthy El Salvadorian male deportees with criminal histories who oppose the gangs in El Salvador is not a narrow enough characteristic to be considered “membership in a particular social group” in order to prove the nexus to persecution required in political asylum cases....Read More