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The LAC Docket

The LAC Docket is the newsletter of the American Immigration Council's Legal Action Center. To view individual editions of the newsletter, please click the links below. Archives of our former newsletter -- the Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter -- can be found here [1].

The LAC Docket  |  Volume I, Issue 3 [2] (June 3, 2011)

This issue of the Docket discusses advocacy efforts surrounding prosecutorial discretion and the Defense of Marriage Act; LAC victories in cases involving the "departure bar" (Reyes-Torres v. Holder) and a wrongfully arrested H-1B employee (El Badrawi v. United States); and a survey related to problems with the asylum "clock."

The LAC Docket  |  Volume I, Issue 2 [3] (March 1, 2011)

This issue of the Docket discusses recent LAC victories regarding the bar on post-departure motions to reopen (Pruidze v. Holder) and removability for crimes involving moral turpitude (Matter of Alyzaji); a Ninth Circuit decision discussing jurisdiction to consider denials of sua sponte motions to reopen (Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder); a LAC amicus brief on the effect of a recent ICE memo (Vega Alvarez v. Holder); and developments in a suit under the Freedom of Information Act on the H-1B program (AILA v. DHS).

The LAC Docket  |  Volume I, Issue 1 [4] (December 17, 2010)

This issue of the Docket discusses the LAC's amicus briefs in El Badrawi v. DHS, concerning the rights of H-1B beneficiaries with pending extension requests; Matter of L-T-, concerning the rights of respondents with mental disabilities in removal proceedings; and Matter of Murillo, concerning aged-out beneficiaries under the Child Status Protection Act.

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[1] http://www.legalactioncenter.org/clearinghouse/newsletter
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[3] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/lac-docket-volume-i-issue-2
[4] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/lac-docket-volume-i-issue-1