{"id":231231,"date":"2025-03-31T18:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=231231"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:15:09","slug":"advocates-condemn-trump-memo-targeting-immigration-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/advocates-condemn-trump-memo-targeting-immigration-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocates condemn Trump memo targeting immigration lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2447497332\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>(CMC) <\/strong>\u2013 Immigration advocates have condemned a Trump administration memo calling for sanctions, reviews and stricter oversight of attorneys representing Caribbean and other immigrants in both immigration and federal courts in the United States.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2153169707\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If implemented, immigration advocates say the directive would create another barrier for Caribbean and other immigrants seeking legal representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration\u2019s latest memo is a direct attack on due process and access to justice,\u201d Murad Awawdeh, president and chief executive officer of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), told the Caribbean Media Corporation on Sunday.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3001024193\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1397783507\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy imposing unnecessary sanctions and oversight, this directive seeks to intimidate attorneys from representing immigrants, making it even easier for the government to fast-track deportations without fair hearings. This is an assault on our constitutional right to a fair day in court.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1931038438\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs the federal government escalates its attacks on immigrant rights, New York must take action to protect our communities from Trump\u2019s mass deportation agenda,\u201d said Awawdeh, adding that passing the New York For All Act, Access to Representation Act and the BUILD Act \u201cwill make clear that our state will not be complicit in Trump\u2019s horrific anti-New York policies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said these bills will expand legal representation for Caribbean and other immigrants, and \u201cstrengthen protections against unjust deportations.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2740061710\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe state must fully invest US$165 million in legal services funding to ensure that all New Yorkers, regardless of status, have the legal support they need,\u201d Awawdeh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration Impact, a project of the American Immigration Council, noted that the Trump memo directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to take disciplinary and punitive action against attorneys practicing in national courts.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3874080035\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chtamarketplace.com\/\" aria-label=\"Social FaceBook Cover Desk_Mobile\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"949\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile the memo is broad, it takes particular aim at immigration lawyers, pro bono attorneys representing asylum seekers in immigration court, and organisations, such as the American Immigration Council, that challenge the federal government\u2019s immigration policies in court,\u201d it said.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1672173258\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration Impact said the memo comes amidst several others targeting law firms that have challenged the current or prior Trump administration in \u201ca variety of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an unprecedented use of executive power, Immigration Impact said the White House has \u201cstripped security clearances, restricted government contracts, and otherwise interfered with several law firms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said this is not the first time a Trump administration has aimed at immigration attorneys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration Impact said that, in 2017, for example, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the US Department of Justice official in charge of the immigration courts and the disciplinary procedures against immigration attorneys, made similar statements, \u201cdeclaring us \u2018dirty immigration lawyers\u2019 who were gaming the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAttorneys representing asylum seekers in immigration court and challenging the government\u2019s illegal practices are critical to maintaining a modicum of due process and fairness in our immigration system,\u201d Immigration Impact said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd as we did during the first Trump administration, the American Immigration Council will continue the critical work of its litigation team and the Immigration Justice Campaign,\u201d it added. \u201cAs lawyers love to say: \u2018we\u2019ll see you in court\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Trump\u2019s memo, National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) executive director, Mary Meg McCarthy, said NIJC \u201cremains steadfast in our commitment to justice and our immigrant communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe National Immigrant Justice Center\u2019s legal services have kept families together, freed people from the dangers of immigrant detention, and prevented the deportation of refugees and asylum <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>seekers to harm. Our litigation has protected due process, access to justice, and the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur legal staff hold ourselves to exacting legal and ethical standards while defending the human rights of some of the most vulnerable people on the planet,\u201d McCarthy added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the White House Memo, President Trump said that \u201clawyers and law firms that engage in actions that violate the laws of the United States or rules governing attorney conduct must be efficiently and effectively held accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAccountability is especially important when misconduct by lawyers and law firms threatens our national security, homeland security, public safety, or election integrity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe immigration system \u2014 where rampant fraud and meritless claims have supplanted the constitutional and lawful bases upon which the president exercises core powers under Article II of the United States Constitution \u2014 is likewise replete with examples of unscrupulous behavior by attorneys and law firms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump alleged that the immigration bar and powerful Big Law pro bono practices frequently coach clients to conceal their past or lie about their circumstances when asserting their asylum claims, all in an attempt to circumvent immigration policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGathering the necessary information to refute these fraudulent claims imposes an enormous burden on the Federal government. And this fraud in turn undermines the integrity of our immigration laws and the legal profession more broadly,\u201d Trump said, directing the Attorney General to \u201cseek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation against the United States or in matters before executive departments and agencies of the United States.<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-733496801\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(CMC) \u2013 Immigration advocates have condemned a Trump administration memo calling for sanctions, reviews and stricter oversight of attorneys representing Caribbean and other immigrants in both immigration and federal courts in the United States. If implemented, immigration advocates say the directive would create another barrier for Caribbean and other immigrants seeking legal representation. 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