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Reno v. Flores and the 1997 Settlement That Still Shapes Family Detention A 1993 Supreme Court win for the government became a 1997 consent decree no Congress passed. Here is the case and why Congress should write the rules. The 1986 Law's Real Failure Was the Fake Document Industry It Created IRCA is remembered for amnesty, but its enforcement half failed on a good-faith document rule and its farm program drew fraud. Verification decides enforcement. The Conservative Split Over Mandatory E-Verify, Argued From Both Sides Conservatives agree illegal hiring must stop but split on a national work-authorization mandate. Both cases get a hearing, then a verdict. What an ICE Detainer Actually Asks a Local Jail to Do and Why It Matters A detainer is a request to notify federal officers and hold a person briefly for transfer. The sanctuary fight is mostly a fight over whether to honor it. Should Immigration Courts Leave the Justice Department? Conservatives Disagree Immigration judges work for the Justice Department. Conservatives split on whether an independent Article I court would fix the system or weaken accountability. The Employer Who Hires Off the Books Is Breaking the Law, Not Helping Illegal hiring is the magnet behind illegal immigration. The 1986 sanctions, 8 U.S.C. 1324a, and why enforcement should start with the employer, not the worker. INS v. Chadha Began as One Man's Deportation and Ended the Legislative Veto A House resolution undid one student's deportation relief, and the 1983 ruling on bicameralism and presentment still limits how Congress oversees immigration.