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Illinois governor signs bill allowing illegal immigrant driver's licenses
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill on Sunday that will permit immigrants in the country illegally to obtain temporary driver's licenses if they can provide proof of one-year state residence and an...
Obama adminisration announces immigration rule to ease family separation
US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced a new rule Wednesday which will make easier for undocumented immigrants to become citizens if they have an immediate relative who is an American citizen. Under existing law...
Mississippi joins lawsuit challenging immigration policy directive
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Wednesday joined a federal lawsuit challenging a policy directive to defer the deportation of young illegal immigrants. The claim , filed by Kansas...
California governor signs bill allowing some illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses
California Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a bill that will allow some illegal immigrants who came to the US as children to obtain state drivers licenses. Specifically, the legislation will amend...
Eric Holder: Prosecutorial Discretion and Extrajudicial Deaths
Tung Yin, Lewis & Clark Law School
California approves bill allowing some illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses
The California State Assembly approved a bill on Thursday that allows some illegal immigrants who came to the US as children to obtain driver's licenses. The bill, which the state Senate approved...
Kansas secretary of state challenges Obama immigration policy
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenging a policy directive to defer the...
Recognizing the Role of Discretion in the Immigration System
JURIST Guest Columnist Carolina Núñez of the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School says that recent judicial and executive pronouncements highlight the role and importance of discretion in immigration law...June was a big month for immigration-related news. The...