Matthew Kolken Recognized as One of Western New York's Top Attorneys

I am pleased to announce that I have been named by Business First and the Buffalo Law Journal as a "Legal Elite" honoree for 2018 as one of Western New York’s top attorneys.

Stepped Up Illegal-Entry Prosecutions Reduce Those for Other Crimes

Via TRAC:

The latest available case-by-case records for June 2018 reveal a total of 11,086 new federal prosecutions were brought as a result of referrals from CBP in the five federal judicial districts along the southwest border. June numbers were up 20.3 percent from the 9,216 such prosecutions recorded during May, and up 74.1 percent over March figures[1]. Despite this increase, only 46 percent of all Border Patrol arrests of adults in June were criminally prosecuted.

The number of families arrested by the Border Patrol showed little indication of materially dropping. Numbers have remained quite similar during April, May and June. This meant that Border Patrol officials still had to pick and choose which adults to refer to federal prosecutors, and which adults not to criminally prosecute.

Percent of Criminal Prosecutions for
Non-Immigration Offenses, Southwest Border

Matthew Kolken Recognized as a Five-Year Selectee as a "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers Magazine

I am pleased to announce that I have been recognized as a five-year selectee as a "Super Lawyer" for having attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

BIA PRECEDENT CHART

Note: This document compiles headnotes from BIA precedent cases published in volumes 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of the Administrative Decisions under the Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States, organized by topic.  It currently includes headnotes from all BIA cases published from Matter of Esposito (March 30, 1995) through Matter of L-E-A- (May 24, 2017).

Disclaimer: This document is provided for informational purposes only as a convenience to the public.  It is not intended as a comprehensive source for preparing an appeal, or for citation in legal briefs, and does not represent an official publication of EOIR.

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Ivanka Trump: Family separation policy was "a low point for me"

If only Michelle Obama had the strength of character to speak out against her husband's policies of jailing refugee children in deportation internment camps.

"That was a low point for me as well. I feel very strongly about that.  I am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children…immigration is incredibly complex as a topic." ~Ivanka Trump

.@IvankaTrump: "That was a low point for me as well. I feel very strongly about that. I am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children…immigration is incredibly complex as a topic." #axios360 pic.twitter.com/shU32wprwu

— CSPAN (@cspan) August 2, 2018

A Refugee Child Has Died After Being Released From Family Detention

Update: The child died following her stay at an ICE Detention Center, as a result of possible negligent care and a respiratory illness she contracted from one of the other children. 
The events took place in Dilley Family Detention Center in south Texas.

— Mana Yegani (@Law_Mana) August 1, 2018