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to Panama and Costa Rica, where some the Lessons of History? World War II falsely claims that millions of illegal im- US citizens, in any random sampling of a
were held in hotels for days on end and Japanese Internment and Today’s Secret migrants were invited to the US by the population, they can be dealt with on an
afforded no opportunity to seek legal re- Detentions by Stanley Mark, Suzette prior administration even though most individualized basis through the criminal
lief. Caleb Vitello, formerly acting direc- Brooks Masters and Cyrus D. Mehta). were paroled into the US under INA justice system. Whether the crisis is real
tor of ICE, was required by the Trump The delicate balance we strive to achieve 212(d)(5) or sought to apply for asylum or manufatured, there is absolutely no
administration to personally sign off on as a nation between liberty and security under INA. The executive order then justification for this sort of hate towards
releases of any noncitizens from deten- inevitably tips towards security, and civil makes the exaggerated claim without immigrants.
tion, before being summarily dismissed liberties tend to be compromised. While foundation that “many of these aliens
from his position, allegedly for being there can never be a justification to go unlawfully within the United States *Kaitlyn Box is a Partner at Cyrus D.
too pro-immigrant and not removing after immigrants in a time of genuine present significant threats to national Mehta & Partners PLLC.
enough people. crisis, Trump has manufactured a crisis security and public safety, committing
Taken together, these policies, and to justify his administration’s wantonly vile and heinous acts against innocent The authors thank David Isaacson for
many more cruel policies that we have cruel attacks on immigrants. The sup- Americans. Others are engaged in hos- suggesting additional cruelest policies
not addressed here, illustrate a pattern posed justification for unleashing such tile activities, including espionage, eco- of the Trump administration towards
of harassment and cruelty towards immi- cruel policies is based on the ‘Protecting nomic espionage, and preparations for immigrants.
grants. Noncitizens who are intimidated the American People Against Invasion” terror-related activities.” While some
and do not register may incur penalties executive order. The executive order immigrants may commit crimes, as would
and difficulty applying for immigration ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
benefits in the future, while those who
fear providing information about family Cyrus D. Mehta, a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta
members may forego filing applications & Partners PLLC in New York City. Mr. Mehta is a member of AILA’s Administrative Litigation Task Force; AILA’s EB-5 Com-
with USCIS. mittee; former chair of AILA’s Ethics Committee; special counsel on immigration matters to the Departmental Disciplinary
The termination of parole programs
and Venezuelan TPS will result in recip- Committee, Appellate Division, First Department, New York; member of the ABA Commission on Immigration; board member
ients losing work authorization and po- of Volunteers for Legal Services and board member of New York Immigration Coalition. Mr. Mehta is the former chair of the
tentially needing to leave the U.S. These
policies will not only be detrimental to Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council and former chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality
immigrants, but also to their American Law of the New York City Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker and writer on various immigration-related issues, including
family members and employers. on ethics, and is also an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches a course entitled Immigration and
There has been a dark history in
the US resulting in the scapegoating of Work. Mr. Mehta received the AILA 2018 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for advancing the practice of immigration law
immigrants in times of crisis. A recent and the AILA 2011 Michael Maggio Memorial Award for his outstanding efforts in providing pro bono representation in the
example was the restrictions imposed on
noncitizens after the September 11, 2001 immigration field. He has also received two AILA Presidential Commendations in 2010 and 2016. Mr. Mehta is ranked among
attack, which included the NSEERS pro- the most highly regarded lawyers in North America by Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Immigration Law 2019 and is also ranked
gram that resulted in religious, racial and in Chambers USA and Chambers Global 2019 in immigration law, among other rankings.
ethnic profiling (see Have We Learned

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