On June 17, 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton issued a memorandum directing ICE staff to consider declining to put people in removal proceedings, terminating proceedings, or delaying removals in cases where people have longstanding ties to the community, U.S.-citizen family members, or other characteristics.

https://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf

“Prosecutorial discretion” is the authority of an agency or officer to

This week, SCOTUSblog is publishing a multi-part online symposium on United States v. Texas, a challenge by Texas and twenty-five other states to the Obama administration's deferred action initiatives.

On November 20 and 21, 2014, President Barack Obama announced a series of administrative reforms of immigration policy, collectively called the Immigration Accountability Executive Action. The centerpiece of these reforms is an expansion of the current Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) initiative for the parents of U.S citizens and lawful permanent residents who meet certain criteria.

Remember back to November 20, 2014 when you watched President Obama deliver his speech on reforming the immigration system from within the corridors of Washington, DC? Remember when you heard about Judge Hanen in Texas and learned that the reform was on hold? What do you make of this recent news? Have you looked at the most recent Visa Bulletin for October 2015?