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Concluding Remarks
So, what now? Will the intentional cruelty, “Dred Scottification,” false narratives, and demonization of “the other,” particularly women, children, and people of color...
The Mariel Boatlift Crisis
The Refugee Act of 1980 feels like a huge success...for a short amount of time. The first test of the act comes when Fidel Castro opens Cuba's borders (and Cuba's pris...
The Refugee Act of 1980
The year is 1980 and the war in Vietnam has displaced hundreds and thousands of people. The system of presidential parole doesn't seem like it can handle the growing g...
The 1990s BIA
In the 1990s, Judge Schmidt was BIA Chairman Schmidt. With the support of then Attorney General Janel Reno, he aspired to “open up” appellate judgeships to all immig...
Creating EOIR
In the 1980s, critics claimed that the federal agency in charge of immigration enforcement, the “Legacy” Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”), could not proc...
The Immigration Reform and Control Act
In 1986, the United States was facing an immigration crisis with an overwhelmed INS and a record number of undocumented folks in the country. IRCA, a bipartisan bill, ...
The Ashcroft Purge
Judges are meant to be impartial; but, U.S. Immigration Judges have political bosses who are willing and able to fire them while making little secret of their pro-enfo...