As many as 30,000 desperate illegal Haitians who are in the U.S. have been ordered deported by Immigration.  This draconian program would separate them from their U.S. spouses and U.S. children.  Immigration has not extended temporary protected status (TPS) to Haitians although it has done so for Salvadorians and Hondurans.  TPS is granted to those [...]

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New York Assembly has recently passed legislation to restore judge’s discretion in cases that involve mere possession.  This would eliminate hearings to have the prosecutor’s consent to allow judges to send persons to drug treatment programs instead of prison.  The bill is now before the State Senate which is likely to approve it as well [...]

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For the past 20 years a precedent has been established that an immigrant in deportation hearings, who has been represented by negligent or inattentive counsel, may move to reopen the deportation order.  Just before leaving office, President Bush’s Attorney General, reversed this precedent and held that the right to counsel is only available to criminal [...]

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