Outrage, protests grow over shooting of unarmed Florida teen

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?iref=allsearch

I know you all have probably heard about this by now. So sad and horrible, but very telling of the racial atmosphere in our country in 2012.

This is what we came up with last time we met.

FIU Congressional Session I

Competency in Immigration Court Proceedings

Hi, everyone! As we work on our mammoth task of coming up with immigration reform, one item to include is the very important issue of competency. Right now, there are no formal mechanisms in the immigration court for a judge to declare someone incompetent and possibly appoint a guardian. Yesterday, for instance, a distraught mother called me at the clinic because her developmentally delayed son was picked up by ICE taken to Georgia and deported to Mexico. There are many more cases like this one, and we should think of how to protect these individuals and ensure that they are properly represented in court.

Supreme Court clarifies 'aggravated felony' for immigrant removal purposes

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/supreme-court-clarifies-aggravated-felony-for-immigrant-removal-purposes.php

Immigrants are here to stay.

We get to witness the theory of "self-deportation" backfire in the proponent's faces:

Immigrants trickling back to Ala despite crackdown

Reminder

Hi Professor Roman,

You said to remind you about an article you read about the DREAM Act and foreign students, which made you think about my paper. Thank you!!