April 2012 - Immigrant Defense Project

Practice Advisory: Implications of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions for Padilla v. Kentucky

On April 11, 2012, IDP and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued a practice advisory addressing the argument that the U.S. Supreme Court Lafler v. Cooper decision supports the retroactive application of Padilla. The advisory also explains: how the U.S. Supreme Court Missouri v. Frye decision supports the argument that a court warning cannot cure the … Read more »

All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests

The National Immigration Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the Immigrant Defense Project, the Washington Defender Association, and the National Immigration Law Center produced this resource in 2012 for organizers and advocates to prevent deportations in our communities. The All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests aims to help communities better understand how immigration enforcement works, and ways to to engage with local police … Read more »

Month: April 2012