John Valdez’s Legal Blog

Garg and Associates, PC

John Valdez’s Legal Blog header image 4

Entries from August 2008

Gigantic Immigration Raid Raises Questions about use of E-Verify

August 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A clever trap depends upon its location of unsuspecting victims.  Right now, there may be a few employers wondering if they have blindly walked into a pretty good government snare.
 This week, ICE agents arrested 595 suspected illegal workers at Howard Industries, Inc. (”Howard”), a large electronic transformer manufacturing plant in Laurel, Mississippi.  This raid is just […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Ninth Circuit Gives Hope to Those Ordered Deported in Absentia

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in an unpublished decision, gave a broad interpretation to the phrase “exceptional circumstances” in the context of a motion to reopen a removal proceeding. 
In Vu v. Mukasey, the Court ruled that the Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion in finding that Nang Duc Vu’s […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized