UNPACKING SIMPLE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN LIGHT OF CAZAREZ-GUTIERREZ: Kathy Brady of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center wrote about the Ninth Circuit’s repudiation of Matter of Yanez-Garcia (holding that a state felony simple possession of

DIRECTOR AGUIRRE OUTLINES ADMINISTRATION’S TEMPORARY WORKER PLAN: Last Thursday, Director Aguirre testified before the Senate Judiciary Committe and provided five key points:
Enforcement
Job protection for Americans
Incentives for the temporary worker

SENATOR ASSAILS “SUBCONTRACTING” INTERROGATION OF SUSPECTS TO NATIONS SUSPECTED OF PRACTICING TORTURE: Senator Leahy submitted several letters to the Congressional Record (see
“Case of Maher Arar”), all of which seeks to get to the bottom of the Maher

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