by John Floyd | Jun 22, 2019 | Immigration Crimes
In a May 24, 2019 decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals presented the face of a typical Central American asylum seeker through the case of Nelson Esimar Martinez Manzanares. Manzanares entered the United States near McAllen, Texas in May of 2014. The Fifth...
by John Floyd | May 30, 2019 | Immigration Crimes
Almost a year ago President Donald Trump tweeted the view that undocumented immigrants should be immediately returned “from where they came” – no judges, no court cases. That narrow view parallels his executive ordered zero-tolerance policy on immigration which...
by John Floyd | Apr 25, 2019 | Immigration Crimes
The United States is indeed facing an asylum crisis. The American Immigration Council defines asylum as a “protection granted to foreign nationals already in the United States or at the border who meet the international law definition of a ‘refugee.’” There are subtle...
by John Floyd | Mar 21, 2019 | Immigration Crimes
The Trump administration frequently refers to the U.S.-Mexico border as a “crisis” zone that can only be fixed by building a border wall. The cause for the crisis, President Trump says, is illegal immigrants coming to this country to commit all kinds of crimes and...
by John Floyd | Feb 22, 2019 | Criminal Justice Reform, Criminal Law, Immigration Crimes
Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015 with a direct, blatant racist appeal. A 2018 study by the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences found it was that fascist oriented ideological appeal that drove many white voters to the polls in key states that...
by John Floyd | Jan 20, 2019 | Immigration Crimes
There was a time in this country in the not too distant past when there was a difference between illegal immigration and asylum. President Trump is not fond of either. He and his administration have done everything possible, both legal and illegal, to consider and...
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