What Matter of Soram Got Wrong: “Child Abuse” Crimes that May Trigger Deportation Are Constantly Evolving and Even Target Good Parents

What Matter of Soram Got Wrong: “Child Abuse” Crimes that May Trigger Deportation Are Constantly Evolving and Even Target Good Parents

by | Oct 15, 2019 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth, Executive Branch, Guest Author, Immigration, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice

This is a guest post by Kari Hong* and Philip L. Torrey.** Many are surprised to learn that crime-based deportations[1] do not necessarily make intuitive sense. Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA)[2], a misdemeanor...
Census 2020: Race, Self-Determination, & Voter Suppression

Census 2020: Race, Self-Determination, & Voter Suppression

by | May 17, 2019 | Amicus, Congress, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Executive Branch, Immigration, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Voting and Elections Rights

Photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters. In late April 2019, the Supreme Court heard oral argument for the Department of Commerce v. New York, 139 S.Ct. 1316 (2019), a case which asks whether the Secretary of Commerce’s decision to add a question to the Decennial...