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Bloggings On Deportation And Removalby Matthew Kolken92 Maricopa County Jail Officers Turn in their ICE Badges in front of Cameras Adam Slinger of the Associated Press reports that 92 jail officers in Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona turned in their ICE badges in front of cameras. Last week the Federal government stripped the officers of their authority to check immigration status due to allegations of civil rights violations. There is only one remaining federal agent that is responsible for checking the immigration status of all inmates held in Maricopa county jails. It has been reported that an average of 15 individuals were detected each day that did not have proper immigration status. Click here for more of the original story.
Immigration Judges Give "Scathing Assessment" of Lawyers Appearing before New York Immigration Courts The New York Times published an article a couple of days ago about the availability of quality of legal representation before the immigration court in New York. The article references a Cardozo Law Review article entitled "Assessing Justice: The Availability and Adequacy of Counsel in Immigration Proceedings." Immigration Judges (IJ) estimated that from an approximately one-year period between 2010 and 2011 33% of the cases involve lawyers that have provided “inadequate” representation, and “grossly inadequate” representation in 14% of the cases. The IJs viewed private lawyers least favorably, which according to the Times piece, may be attributable to "predatory" "ambulance-chasing-style lawyers" that are not familiar with immigration law and who are primarily responsible for the low grades. The moral of the story is make sure that you do your research before hiring an immigration lawyer to represent you in a deportation proceeding. Click here to read the N.Y. Times article. Click here to read the Cardozo Law Review article.
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