Month: June 2015

Practice Advisory: Mellouli v. Holder (2015)

IDP and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild have prepared a Mellouli practice advisory regarding the Mellouli decision. On June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court strongly reaffirmed general applicability of the traditional strict categorical approach for determining removability in the immigration context. Mellouli v. Lynch, No. 13-1034, 2015 WL 2464047 (June 1, 2015). Specifically, the Court held … Read more »

Alisa Wellek: Supreme Court Reins in Some Drug Deportations, But Deeper Reforms Needed (The Hill)

Supreme Court reins in some drug deportations, but deeper reforms needed June 05, 2015, 08:00 am By Alisa Wellek The United States Supreme Court ruled this week that the federal government went too far in seeking to deport immigrants for certain low-level drug-related offenses. Moones Mellouli, a legal permanent resident and math teacher originally from Tunisia, was deported after pleading guilty … Read more »