Prosecutorial discretion is a little-known but highly valuable tool for dealing with immigration cases. It allows immigration agency lawyers to focus their resources on cases actually worth ...

The use of prosecutorial discretion to close cases in Baltimore Immigration Court has lagged below the national trend, particularly this year, when only 1.6 percent of the immigration cases reported ...

Prosecutorial discretion is a hot topic these days. The Obama administration couched its immigration non-enforcement policy decision in terms of prosecutorial discretion. Attorney General Holder ...

Immigrants facing deportation are increasingly likely to have their cases dismissed because of mitigating factors such as having U.S. citizen children, according to an analysis by researchers at ...

Ethics and Criminal Practice columnist Joel Cohen discusses prosecutorial discretion in relation to the Jeffrey Epstein case, the Mueller Investigation, and the Jussie Smollett case, and writes: “Is ...

As an immigration attorney of 16 years, I’ve seen firsthand the tragic impact of the inaction in the House of Representatives. And I have to ask myself, do families need to continue to be separated ...

It might seem entirely reasonable to expect that prosecutors will always prosecute an offense. After all, it is right there in the name. However, in becoming the latest legislative body to draw this ...

“Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case” Statement ...