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A High Seas Adventure And The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966

by William K. Zimmer

In the ordinary course of the business relating to application of United States immigration law, attorneys and judges sometimes encounter unforgettable individuals in circumstances that validate the personal decision to pursue an immigration law career.  This can be based on heart-warming personal satisfaction arising from helping others or self-gratification arising from successful performance of a complicated task.  A third source of professional gratification also can arise from vicarious exposure to the world through lives of others that leaves a lasting impression similar to the satisfying sense of awe and wonder arising from reading a good novel or watching a good movie.

It seems fair to conclude that the following high seas adventure involving a daring rescue, a seasoned sea captain, the United States Coast Guard and the former Immigration and Naturalization Service validated the legal careers that it touched.

Benefits of Reading to Children

Benefits of Reading to Children
by William K. Zimmer
Most people love to hear a good story.  Children especially love the experience of listening to stories told or read by an adult.  This shared reading experience is not only entertainment, but it comes with a wealth of benefits for both the audience and the reader.

United States Supreme Court Reaches Unanimous Decision Regarding TPS

United States Supreme Court Reaches Unanimous Decision Regarding TPS
by William K. Zimmer
In the aftermath of the recent United States Supreme Court decision (Jose Santos Sanchez, et Ux., Petitioners v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., 593 U.S. ___ (2021) No. 20-315), some immigration activists are complaining that the United States Supreme Court denied holders of temporary protected status (“TPS”) a chance at gaining permanent resident (“LPR”) status with devastating effects on thousands of people.

Apprehension And Detention of Non-criminal Aliens And Children by Immigration Authorities

Apprehension And Detention of Non-criminal Aliens And Children by Immigration Authorities
by William K. Zimmer
It seems fair to presume that many members of the American public associate apprehension and detention of individuals with police actions based on probable cause to believe the targeted individuals are criminal law violators for the purpose of punishing and rehabilitating such individuals.  Thus, the apprehension and detention of individuals for the purpose of civil immigration law enforcement are sometimes confounded with the enforcement of criminal laws by police authorities.

Independent Courts

by William K. Zimmer
United States immigration courts operate on the tension line that has existed for at least 135 years in the United States between our romantic notion of the United States as a land of immigrants and the aspirational notion of the United States as a nation of laws.

Physical Control of the International Border

Physical Control of the International Border
by William K. Zimmer
Regardless of what immigration policies Congress commits to legislation, failure to physically secure the borders of the United States will frustrate the purpose of such legislation or otherwise make enforcement impossible.

If physically securing the United States borders is not possible, as some have argued, the United States must eventually succumb to the very real hazards of a dangerous world and ultimately cease to exist as a nation.  The term, “nation without borders,” is an oxymoron.

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