Roché Immigration

04/05/2025

Incompetence is not strong enough to describe the inhumanity and indifference we’re seeing on a daily basis. Even if this was a mistake, people make life-altering decision based on announcements like this. Even if this was a mistake, it tells us they have the email drafted and wouldn’t have done so if they don’t plan to send it for real pretty soon.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-sent-erroneous-email-ordering-ukrainians-leave-2025-04-04/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7av_QPgrAWbVS5COHdIQmUPWBw75p7lcbSo6QzyAm-Ul4Eo-bm6iBjkiXGzQ_aem_cyo5NqIP3m1Zc9HUqOOdvA g

Multiple Ukrainians legally in the United States under a humanitarian program received an email this week telling them their status had been revoked and they had seven days to leave the country or the "federal government will find you."

03/26/2025

The ABA is concerned by the U.S. government's cutoff of legal services for unaccompanied children. Read the full statement here: https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/03/aba-concerned-about-cutoff-of-legal-services-for-children/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=dcprescomm

02/14/2025

02/13/2025

Fear is mounting in immigrant communities as Trump’s mass deportation orders are realized.

01/30/2025

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -Who will watch the watchers
My 1L year at Gonzaga University School of Law, Prof. Jim Vache opened the first lecture of law school (that I remember) with that question. I thought of him today.

Now, how do we get immigration lawyers access to Guantánamo?

President Donald Trump ordered construction of a deportee detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

01/24/2025

This should not be a political issue. It should be a discussion of the President blatantly ignoring the Constitution rather than upholding the oath of office he just took on Monday. It's important to note that the Reagan appointed judge who has sat on the Federal bench since 1981 said: “I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar would state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order. It just boggles my mind.”

A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary order halting the president’s plan.

12/21/2024

"Immigration lawyers and nonprofits are reporting an 'alarming' surge in notario fraud—a scheme in which con artists misuse notary public licenses to deceive immigrants into believing they are licensed to practice law." https://www.threads.net//post/DDzx_2qCWbB?xmt=AQGzA-Lpmttq-7Mx3SbT2NdIxyp4fqYLi90DZFd5uInCrQ

12/03/2024

Temporary Protected Status shields thousands of immigrants from deportation. Trump wants to end it.