US appeals court finds immigration policy does not violate equal protection.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that US immigration law regarding the reentry of migrants who have already once been removed from the US is “facially neutral as to race,” overturning a lower court’s decision.

US officials first brought charges in a Nevada court against Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez under 8 USC § 1326. A lower court judge threw out the case on the grounds that § 1326 violated the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment protection against discrimination on the basis of race.

Read more at https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/us-appeals-court-finds-immigration-policy-does-not-violate-equal-protection/

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U.S. Department of State’s May 2023 Visa Bulletin Shows Further Employment-Based Retrogression

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs’ May 2023 Visa Bulletin shows a trend of backlogs and slowdowns in the employment-based immigrant visa or green card process.

The final action dates for multiple categories will again retrogress due to continuing demand in green card applications. Of particular interest, the Employment-Based Third Preference (EB-3) category will see a cutoff date imposed (June 1, 2022) for the “Rest of World,” which includes countries not otherwise listed (i.e., countries other than China, India, Mexico, and the Philippines), a measure that was forecast by the agency in recent visa bulletins. Read more at https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/u-s-department-of-state-s-may-2023-visa-5039532/.

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Illegal immigration rises in March as migrants defy DHS’s new program

Illegal immigration surged significantly in March, according to the latest Homeland Security numbers that suggest the Biden administration’s new program to try to discourage unauthorized border crossers is already losing its teeth.

Migrants are still rushing to take advantage of the new pathway President Biden created for illegal immigrants to enter through official ports of entry, but which was supposed to take pressure off Border Patrol agents at the southern border.

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Instead, agents saw a 32,000-person jump in apprehensions last month, for a total of 162,317. That includes 11 more people whose names showed up in the government’s terrorist watchlist. Read more at https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/17/illegal-immigration-rises-march-migrants-defy-dhss/

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