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Articles by Amy Maldonado
Royalty Income Revenue Share Payments Won't Solve The International Student-Athlete Employment Issue
As colleges and universities prepare to implement the House v. NCAA settlement, stakeholders across athletics, compliance, and legal affairs are tasked with navigating complex regulatory terrain. At the center of the conversation is a question with significant operational and legal ramifications: can payments to student-athletes under this settlement be lawfully classified as “royalty income”—especially when received by international athletes on F-1 visas?
Today’s Fresh Hell in Immigration: ‘Remain in Mexico’
Cuban migrants are escorted by Mexican immigration officials as they cross the Paso del Norte International bridge to be processed as asylum seekers on the U.S. side of the border.
INSIGHT: Thereâs Nothing Fair About the High-Skilled Fairness Act
On July 10, the House quietly passed H.R. 1044, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, a well-intentioned piece of bipartisan legislation aimed at resolving a legitimate problem: a decades-long backlog in the issuance of employment-based green cards for citizens of China and India. Backed by the Silicon Valley lobby, the bill proposes to lift the existing 7% per-country caps on green card issuance.
A LA MIERDA CON ESTO: Attorneys for Central American Asylum Seekers Kicked Out of Mexico
Twitter/Photo Credit of Nora Phillips by Karen Tumlin On Friday, one of the smartest, kindest, fiercest attorneys I know was detained by Mexican authorities for NINE HOURS WITH NO FOOD OR WATER with her SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER before being summarily deported from the airport back to the United States.
Facebook Censors Post About ICE’s Intimidation of Law Firm
On Thursday, Facebook removed immigration attorney Bryan Johnson’s social media post detailing an attempt by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to intimidate his law firm. On December 26, 2017, ICE agents hand-delivered a letter to the law firm of Amoachi & Johnson, implying that it may be obstructing its law enforcement activities. Johnson is nationally known for his representation of unaccompanied minors in removal (deportation) proceedings. He has also written pieces for Latino Rebels.
Federal Judge Appalled by Government’s Lengthy Detention of Immigrant Children
Monday morning in a Los Angeles federal courtroom, Judge Dean D. Pregerson became the first judge of any kind (federal, immigration or state) to give a hearing to four Central American children (ages 3, 4, 8 and 16) who have been detained at Berks Family Prison for the past two years.
Another Blow to the Obama Administration’s Family Detention Policy Just Happened
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge M. Dolly Gee issued a long-awaited ruling that gave former President Obama’s “family detention” practices the smackdown they deserve.
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