RESEARCH, TOOLS & COMMUNITY RESOURCES
REPORTS FROM THE FAIR IMMIGRATION REFORM MOVEMENT
- JUNE 2012 – Restore the Promise of Prosecutorial Discretion: An Assessment of DHS’ Prosecutorial Discretion Initiative and its Impact on Families on the Anniversary of its Announcement.
Click to download the full report. - AUGUST 2012 – Organizing to Restore the Promise of Prosecutorial Discretion: Holding the Department of Homeland Security Accountably to Ensure Family Unity.
Click to download the full report.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION TOOLS AND RESOURCES
- Alliance for Immigrants Rights & Reform – Michigan (AIR)
- AIR 1-page fact sheet for community members about prosecutorial discretion (Fact sheet in English)
- La verdad sobre el Nuevo Programa de Perdón de Deportación” (En Español)
- CASA de Maryland (CASA)
- Detailed Spanish-language packet of training materials and community educational tools on requesting prosecutorial discretion (PD) and preparing documents / information, including training materials, Power Point presentation, and worksheets / handouts for people preparing to request PD.
- CASA de Maryland letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano on implementation of prosecutorial discretion
- Coalition for Humane Immigrants Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
- Self-Help Guide for Making a Prosecutorial Discretion Request – Co-published by NILC, ACLU of Southern California and CHIRLA, this is a do-it-yourself guide for immigrants who have no professional legal representation (aka, immigrants who are appearing pro se). Download the English version of the PDF here.
- En Español: Guía de Auto-Ayuda Para Una Petición de Discreción Fiscal
- Letter from Southern California Members of Congress to Local ICE Office Director
- Letter from Southern California Members of Congress to Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIS) Judge
- Recommendations for Reform of the Immigration Courts and System by Retired Judge Bruce Einhorn
- Self-Help Guide for Making a Prosecutorial Discretion Request – Co-published by NILC, ACLU of Southern California and CHIRLA, this is a do-it-yourself guide for immigrants who have no professional legal representation (aka, immigrants who are appearing pro se). Download the English version of the PDF here.
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
- ICIRR Training Kit on Prosecutorial Discretion, casework and campaigning (English version)
- En Español: Discreción Fiscal – Manual de Entrenamiento
- ICIRR Prosecutorial Discretion checklist
- ICIRR Prosecutorial Discretion Candidate Interview Form
- ICIRR Family Support Hotline call report
- English & Spanish
- ICIRR Training Kit on Prosecutorial Discretion, casework and campaigning (English version)
- New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)
- NYIC’s own summary of its community and advocacy activities related to Prosecutorial Discretion since Summer 2011
ANALYSIS, RESOURCES & TOOLS FROM ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS
- Immigration Policy Center (IPC)
- Prosecutorial Discretion and Executive Action: This resource page is IPC’s one-stop shop for all of its analysis, research, and resources about PD and other forms of executive action.
- Prosecutorial Discretion: A Statistical Analysis: From June 11, 2012, this is IPC’s most recent detailed analysis of the actual results of ICE’s implementation of the PD effort in the first 12 months following the June 2011 Morton memo.
- IPC’s Fact Sheet: Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion (Basic Q&A)
- IPC’s Report: Falling Through the Cracks: How Gaps in ICE’s Prosecutorial Discretion Policy Affect Immigrants Without Legal Representation, by Joan Friedland
- Op-ed by IPC’s Ben Winograd in the Christian Science Monitor on June 26, 2012 “Why Supreme Court Ruling on Immigration is a Clear Rebuke to Arizona,” in which Winograd points out that the Court Ruling clearly affirmed the validity of prosecutorial discretion in immigration enforcement. Or, read the post on IPC’s website.
- Immigration Impact blog of the American Immigration Council (AIC)
- Immigration Impact’s initial blog post assessing the June 2011 Morton Memo
- Compilation of Immigration Impact’s blog posts related to Prosecutorial Discretion
- National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
- Self-Help Guide for Making a Prosecutorial Discretion Request – Co-published by NILC, ACLU of Southern California and CHIRLA, this is a do-it-yourself guide for immigrants who have no professional legal representation (aka, immigrants who are appearing pro se). Download the English version of the PDF here.
- En Español: Guía de Auto-Ayuda Para Una Petición de Discreción Fiscal
- Prosecutorial Discretion and Immigrant Workers: NILC recommendations to ensure that prosecutorial discretion is a meaningful remedy for immigrant workers
- NILC’s overview page of resources on Prosecutorial Discretion
- Self-Help Guide for Making a Prosecutorial Discretion Request – Co-published by NILC, ACLU of Southern California and CHIRLA, this is a do-it-yourself guide for immigrants who have no professional legal representation (aka, immigrants who are appearing pro se). Download the English version of the PDF here.
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) – TRAC is a data gathering, research and data distribution organization at Syracuse University.
- TRAC Analysis of PD: ICE Prosecutorial Discretion Program – Latest Details as of June 28, 2012
- TRAC Report (from July 19, 2012): Immigration Backlog, Wait Times, Keep Rising
- Click here for all TRAC Immigration Reports
- The Applied Research Center (ARC)
- Shattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System– ARC’s November 2011 report on parents of US-citizen children being deported and consequences when children are placed the child welfare system.
- En Español: Inicie aquí para obtener el Resumen Ejecutivo de “Familias Destrozadas” en Español. Esto incluye los resultados claves, las recomendaciones de políticas publicas y un breve informe del reporte innovador de ARC.
- Shattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System– ARC’s November 2011 report on parents of US-citizen children being deported and consequences when children are placed the child welfare system.
- Immigrant Advocates Network Nonprofit Resource Center
- A resource that compiles reports, analysis and guidance from a number of immigrant legal and non-profit service providers. Individuals and organizations can sign-up and register for access to this resource. Click here.
MEMOS & INFO FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ON PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION
- June 2011 Memo on Prosecutorial Discretion from ICE Director John Morton
- August 2011 Letter from DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to Senator Dick Durbin outlining the administration’s “focused enforcement” approach targeting resources on the “highest priorities”
- ICE/DHS “Frequently Asked Questions” and Answers Regarding Prosecutorial Discretion to Focus Immigration Enforcement Resources on High Priority Cases
- November 2011 Memo from ICE Principal Legal Advisor Peter Vincent with guidance on implementation of Prosecutorial Discretion [courtesy of Immigration Policy Center website]
- November 2011 Memo with Guidance to ICE Attorneys reviewing cases before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) [courtesy of Immigration Policy Center website]
- November 2011 “Next Steps” memo from ICE regarding implementation of Prosecutorial Discretion
- November 2011 Policy Memorandum from USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency of DHS) regarding guidance on the referral of cases and issuance of “Notices to Appear” (NTAs)
OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY REPORTS ON PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION