A recent report by the Washington Post identified 30 questionable deaths out of a total of 83 detainee deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency custody between March 2003 (when the agency was created) and March 2008. In response to this report and the recent death of Mr. Hiu Lui Ng, covered by the New [...]

This is an overview of the United States immigration process put together by the self-described libertarian magazine reason.com.  It efficiently describes the legal immigration options available to the millions of immigrants that seek to come to the United States.  As you can see, the legal options have several problems and so it would seem worthwhile [...]

Here is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the federal district court in Rhode Island on behalf of Mr. Hiu Lui Ng.  The petition, which asks the court to review the legality of Mr. Ng’s detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was filed on July 29, 2008.  According to this [...]