Legal Opinion & Analysis

After the Steinle Murder, the Recklessness of ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Becomes Painfully Glaring

"Last week’s shooting death on San Francisco’s Pier 14 should finally oblige officials from so-called sanctuary cities to seriously reflect…

US Immigration Policy Hinders Developing Nations From Actually ‘Developing’

" Recently, The New York Times unintentionally lent its support to a key argument immigration enforcement advocates have used for years in their…

IRLI Prepares Brief in Support of Case Challenging Obama Amnesty Plan

This week the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) filed a motion for permission to file its friend-of-the-court brief  in the…

IRLI Files Brief on Deporting Aliens Convicted of Crimes of Moral Turpitude

On June 19, 2015, IRLI (Immigration Reform Law Institute) filed a supplemental brief  on behalf of the Federation for American…

Displaced American Workers Request Summary Judgment in Visa Case

"On Monday evening, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) filed a motion and brief on behalf of its client Save…

IRLI Brief Explains Why USCIS Can Deny Complaints from Immigrants Who Didn’t Get Visas

On April 7, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) requested amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) briefing on…

IRLI Files Amicus Brief in Fifth Circuit Challenging Obama’s Executive Action

"The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), along with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, The Remembrance Project (an organization commemorating…

The Obama Administration Wants Non-Citizens Voting In Federal Elections

"It’s time we had proof of citizenship in federal elections. The fundamental right of choosing our representatives is threatened to the…

‘You’re Fired — Now Train Your Foreign Replacement’

"What could get self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders and rock-ribbed Republican Jim Inhofe to agree? The two senators have teamed up…

IRLI Files Amicus Brief in Non-Citizen Voting Case

"The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Kobach v. U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a case currently pending…