Daniel M. Kowalski

Substack: Involuntary Departure

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

Eric Schlosser on Gator Gitmo https://t.co/YRsCBtBIXS

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

MarkWayne's World https://t.co/x2MhoX3vNq

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

100 Million Americans https://t.co/VXShLgxuaM

[Charles Kuck @ckuck]

You have to wonder if @USCISJoe intentionally left out Matter of Arai from his Adjustment memo, or he is simply that bad a lawyer that he does not know of the seminal case on presumptively granting adjustment of status, absent negative factors.

"In the absence of adverse factors, adjustment will ordinarily be granted, still as a matter of discretion. "

https://t.co/oLNVn7TjU8

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

https://t.co/U46Z9fMGsb

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Here are the FACTS: the majority of people held in ICE detention either have no criminal record at all or have only been charged or convicted of misdemeanor offenses or traffic violations.

Less than 10% have been charged or convicted of serious violent offenses.

[Hani Goodarzi @genophoria]

I have long written and spoken about the many ways US immigration policy harms international students and scholars. This has been true for as long as I can remember, including when I first came to the US on a single-entry student visa more than 20 years ago under a process formerly known as muslim registry program.

But the current administration has gone much further, through arbitrary policy changes, travel bans, and broad visa processing pauses that leave folks unable to work, travel, or train.

These policies affect a minority of scientists, and in the current state of the world they can be easy to overlook. But we should not let that happen.

I wrote about the quiet loss of Iranian scientific talent in US labs for @TheScientistLLC:
https://t.co/uX0u2mTRa3

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

NM AG Torrez sues counties, sheriffs over ICE agreements violating new state law https://t.co/w9soLPLxj0

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

"The Crowd Laughed." https://t.co/TK80ZxZRkU

[David Gilbert @daithaigilbert]

EXCLUSIVE

A year ago, the Trump admin announced it was creating an Office or Remigration—named for a racist plan to expel immigrants, popularized by European far-right groups

It has since said nothing about it.

But @WIRED found out what it's doing...

https://t.co/LLbsP6eU5e

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

Your Papers Don't Matter to ICE https://t.co/J96zIY70bc

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

Immigrants Are Reportedly Being Held in ICE Jails Despite Agreeing to Leave US https://t.co/KWgcursOCu via @truthout

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

When the Trump admin bends over backwards to make legal immigration even harder, this is what they're discouraging. They're telling the brightest people—who can create enormous value—that they should take their talents elsewhere. That's not "America First."

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

The Delaney Hall Crisis https://t.co/PQvOTcF0XB

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

Governor Mikie Sherrill Denied Entry to Delaney Hall as Hunger Strike Enters Fourth Day https://t.co/mjfHy3lfH4

[Banias Law @BaniasLaw]

In 3 depositions with 3 @USCIS adjudicators, each gave a different view of discretion in Green Card applications: Adj. 1 could not think of an inappropriate exercise of discretion; Adj. 2 said legal eligibility ALWAYS deserved positive discretion; and Adj. 3 said two officers could exercise discretion differently and both be right. #SaveAOS #AbuseOfDiscretion Uncertainty is not good for anyone. @USCISJoe's memo increases this uncertainty ten fold.

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

Gen. John A. Logan Woke Up https://t.co/F2wI337XvX

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

Yet Another Loss for Trump, Blanche https://t.co/UQTNM0hNvz

[Daniel M. Kowalski @dkbib]

Margaret Stock on why immigrants are key to U.S. national security https://t.co/lglbK6o178

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

NEW: America's legal immigration agency, @USCIS, is moving towards a system of MANDATORY electronic filing, done via an interim final rule with no advanced notice and comment.

USCIS currently lacks the capacity to do this for many applications, so how it will work is... unclear.