- A House Divided (San Francisco Chronicle)
- As deportation nears, Novato family draws national attention (marinij.com)
- The Oakland City Council votes in favor of developing municipal identity cards for undocumented immigrants. Read more here.
- Stacy Tolchin awarded American Immigration Law Association's Wasserman litigation award. AILA announcement is in this link.
- Attorney Stacy Tolchin receives the Equal Justice Advocacy Award from the southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Volunteer Immigration Program: Hope and Relief in a New Year
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the validity (at least for now) of Arizona's employer sanctions law, which targets businesses that employ individuals without work authorization. Frustrated by Congress's failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform, states and cities across the country have enacted anti-immigrant laws and ordinances. While the power to regulate immigration is generally a federal power, this decision has opened the door for states and municipalities to address immigration issues on their own. These state and local laws often employ far harsher measures to address immigration and have far fewer protections against discrimination than Congress has enacted in federal law. In the Arizona case, the state law had not yet been enforced and the Ninth Circuit left open the possibility of revisiting the constitutionality of the law upon enforcement.
Read the decision (PDF)
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USCIS Announces 18-month Extension of TPS for Nationals of Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to nationals of Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras. The extension will make those who have already been granted TPS eligible to reregister and maintain their status for an additional 18 months. For nationals of Nicaragua and Honduras, the extension is through July 5, 2010. TPS does not apply to Nicaraguan or Honduran nationals who entered the United States after Dec. 30, 1998.
For nationals of El Salvador, the extension is through September 9, 2010. TPS does not apply to Salvadoran nationals who entered the United States after Feb. 13, 2001.
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Attorney Stacy Tolchin, of the firm's Los Angeles Office, receives the National Immigration Law Center's 2008 Award for her work coordinating the private bar's participation in the Los Angeles Raids Rapid Response Network.
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Northern California Super Lawyers 2008 magazine picks:
Marc Van Der Hout named one of the top 100 lawyers and top immigration lawyers.
Christine Brigagliano and Zachary Nightingale, both named top immigration lawyers.
- Pair eager to leave their legal limbo
- U.S. loses 20-year attempt to deport 2 immigrants
- U.S. told to end effort to deport Palestinians
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