Month: December 2013

IDP helps educate Supreme Court of risk to immigrant domestic violence survivors of overbroad reading of a federal criminal law provision

On December 23, 2013, the Immigrant Defense Project joined with other immigrant rights’ organizations in filing an amici curiae brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Castleman. In that criminal case, the federal government is asking the Court to adopt a broad reading of the “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” predicate crime provision at issue that would include … Read more »

Groundbreaking Due Process Decision from the NY Court of Appeals

On November 19th, in People v. Peque, the highest court in NY held that due process requires that judges warn defendants of possible deportation as a result of felony guilty pleas. The due process analysis is wonderful, and worth a read. The problem with the decision is the Court’s articulation of a remedy, or lack thereof. The Court ordered a … Read more »