Guest Commentary: Project 2025 Is a Pathway to Mass Deportations and Family Separation
If this notorious policy initiative is implemented, millions would be denied access to an attorney in immigration…
Guest Commentary: New York Could Become the First State to Provide the Right to Legal Representation in Immigration Court
By Nicholas Turner and Erica Bryant No one should have to face court proceedings in a language…
Saga of Iraq Refugee Hounded by ICE Continues – Immigration Hearing Delayed after Government Dumps 500 Pages on Defense Hours before Hearing
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief VAN NUYS, CA – Although Omar Ameen has been…
Supporters at News Conference Slam Biden’s ICE for Trying to Deport Iraq Refugee after Trump’s Jailing – Immigration Hearing Thursday
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Omar Ameen finally gets his day in…
Lawyers Argue U.S. Fails to Comply with Federal Regulations Protecting ‘Torture’ Victims, Improperly Serving 11-Year-Old
By Lovepreet Dhinsa SAN FRANCISCO – A case in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…
9th Circuit Appeal of Convicted Man Facing Removal from U.S. Claims Immigration Court Failed to Consider Evidence, Uphold Correct Legal Standards
By Any Buitrago Zarabanda SAN FRANCISCO – Deputy Public Defender Hayley Upshaw appealed here this week for…
Judge Rules That Immigration Court Wrongfully Deprived SF Father of a Fair Bond Hearing
This ground-breaking decision marks the first time a federal judge in California held that the government must…
Observations from Immigration Court in San Francisco
By Amy Mullen San Francisco – On Tuesday, January 21, the Immigration Court of San Francisco had…
Immigrant Representation in Court in Doubt as Move to Van Nuys Is Planned
Last week the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office put out a press release condemning a Trump Administration…
Immigration Courts Move Bay Area Immigration Cases from San Francisco to Southern California
San Francisco and Alameda County Public Defenders condemn DOJ decision to remove detention cases out of San…
Governor to Play Santa Claus this Holiday to ICE’s Grinch? Family of Detained Fijian Hope So
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom could play Santa Claus to the…
Rally Asks Governor to Stop ICE from Deporting Prisoners after They’ve Done Time – Charles Joseph Case History
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Most of the images of the Trump Administration’s out-of-control…
New Immigration Court Opens in Sacramento to Adjudicate Asylum Cases, Removal Orders
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Vanguard learned late Tuesday that the U.S. Dept…
Will Federal Government Attempt to Strip the Citizenship of an American Detainee Held in Secret?
By Dro Ladin In its latest filing with the court, the government won’t say whether it is considering…
Court Rules ICE Can’t Detain Immigrant Teens without Due Process
By Stephen Kang After five months locked up in detention, F.E.* returned home to Brentwood, New York….
Legal Immigrant Held For 18 Months with No Bail Hearing
By Arnold Giammarco One Saturday afternoon in 2011, my wife and daughter were out, and I was…
