Richard T. Middleton IV, Attorney at Law

09/09/2025

https://mikebakerlaw.com/blog/2025/09/05/bia-eliminates-bond-hearings-indefinite-detention-yajure-hurtado/

The Board of Immigration Appeals has issued a sweeping precedent—Matter of YAJURE HURTADO—that eliminates bond hearings for most noncitizens present without admission, authorizing indefinite immigration detention and upending decades of due process protections. This analysis examines the decisio...

07/24/2024

I feel blessed to have this opportunity to compliment my existing career positions by taking on this additional opportunity!

10/11/2023

Very happy to be working as a volunteer for Benjamin De Menil , founder of the Academia de Bachata, which is a part of the DREAM Project in Cabarete, República Dominicana, to assist with fundraising and institution building!

Stop by my vendor stand Friday and Saturday at the St. Louis Salsa Congress (hosted by Carmen R. Guynn ) for more info on the DREAM Project and the Bachata Academy. You can also inbox me for info on how to donate to this great cause!

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03/04/2022

http://legaledweb.com/immigration-law/

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Penn State Dickinson School of Law, A Quick Look at the Role of Prosecutorial Discretion as used in Immigration law and procedures.

03/04/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDA-wVIedT0&feature=youtu.be

A 6-minute introduction to the categorical legal analysis that determines whether a state (or other) criminal conviction will have immigration consequences u...

03/01/2022

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/06/travel/civil-rights-history-road-trip/

Experience the past and present of civil rights history on this road trip through eight Southern states.

08/22/2021

District Judge in Nevada found that the illegal reentry statute violates equal protection because it was enacted based on racially discriminatory intent and has a disparate impact.



Here’s the opinion:

08/22/2021

https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/legal-resources-for-afghans

As the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorates by the day, many Afghans and their friends and colleagues may be looking for resources on how to relocate to safety in the United States. On IRAP’s Legal Information website, we have compiled a number of resources to guide this search:

08/22/2021

693s valid for 4 years (temporary policy)

08/22/2021

Proposed new asylum/withholding/CAT rules

08/02/2020

USCIS cut production after its contract ended with a printing company. Reportedly 50,000 green cards and 75,000 work permits have not been printed.

10/22/2019

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/09/24/detained

Over the past 40 years, a multi-billion dollar industry built on the incarceration of immigrants has proliferated.