Wednesday, September 27, 2006  

HABEAS CORPUS UNDER ATTACK 

Just received this alarming notice from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. To get more information on how you can help, go to www.aila.org.

URGENT: Habeas Corpus under Attack!

Immediate action is needed to preserve due process rights. The Senate is currently debating amendments to the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (S. 3901). The existing Senate bills on military tribunals would strip the rights of certain non-citizens to challenge their detention in a court of law.

An amendment offered by Senator Specter would reinstate habeas corpus and preserve core democratic rights. This amendment could be debated any minute. Please contact your Senators immediately and urge them to vote Yes on the Specter amendment.

Visit the Center for Constitutional Rights to call or email your Senators and learn more about the Specter Amendment.

Action needed immediately!

# posted by Greg Siskind @ 5:19 PM

Tuesday, September 26, 2006  

HOUSE EFFORTS TO RAM THROUGH ENFORCEMENT BILLS HIT SNAG 

Moderate Senate Republicans have put the breaks on House efforts to inject immigration enforcement bills into funding legislation for the Department of Homeland Security. Senators objected to the bills being included with no opportunity for amendments or debate on the provisions of the bills. If Senators are successful in their efforts, the House and Senate would need to vote on each of the bills separately, a difficult task given the very short time left in the legislative session. More on this can be found in the LA Times today at http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immig26sep26,1,1546698.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

# posted by Greg Siskind @ 10:34 AM

Friday, September 22, 2006  

HOLIDAY GREETINGS 

L'Shana Tova to our Jewish readers and Ramadan greetings to our Muslim audience. Shalom .... Salaam.

# posted by Greg Siskind @ 5:13 PM

DOL HALF WAY THROUGH LABOR CERTIFICATION BACKLOG 

The US Department of Labor is reporting to the American Immigration Lawyers Association that it has adjudicated about half of the estimated 362,000 labor certification cases at its backlog reduction center and that it has issued 45 day letters in every case now.

# posted by Greg Siskind @ 5:12 PM