News and updates about immigration law.
The America His Father Believed In: Shahid Haque's Immigration Advocacy | Super Lawyers 2024
In the latest edition of Super Lawyers - Mountain States 2024, the spotlight is on Shahid Haque, an immigration attorney committed to fostering a more equitable environment for immigrants in Montana. Inspired by his father’s belief in the American dream and his own early experiences handling asylum cases during law school, Haque has dedicated his career to advocating for immigrant rights.
Podcast: The Rational Middle
Video: What is Open Borders?
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Shahid Haque Speaking at 2021 AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law
We will be presenting on a panel at the 2021 AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law on June 9–12, 2021.
Featured in MEL Magazine: How "Illegal Alien" Became a Lightning Rod Issue in America
Shahid Haque is an immigration lawyer in Montana who a decade ago published a blog post arguing that “illegal alien” is a dehumanizing phrase. The key shift from the origin of the word “alien” is that in 2019, it’s used as a shorthand to categorize black and brown immigrants. “The average American conjures a common image: a Mexican person. It’s a phrase that makes people feel better than another group, and makes it easy to blame ‘illegals’ as the source of problems,” Haque tells me.
Video Statement on ICE Subpoenas for Montana State Employment Data
Yesterday, an employee of the Montana Department of Labor quit in protest over the fact that his employer was about to give out confidential employment information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE”), so that they could use that to raid businesses in search of undocumented immigrants. In this video I law out some of the important background information on this issue.
Urgent: Stop ICE from deporting a Mexican national who was sexually assaulted in their custody!
ICE is moving to immediately deport a Mexican national who was sexually assaulted in their custody. Please sign a petition to help stop it.
Firm Prevails: Montana Supreme Court strikes down entirety of anti-immigrant law!
Thanks to the efforts of the Border Crossing Law Firm, the Montana Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision striking down the entirety of an anti-immigrant law, which was placed on the 2012 ballot by the Montana legislature and approved by 80% of voters.
Representing Immigrant Victims of Domestic Abuse
Every immigration case implicates matters of family unity or separation, and can dramatically impact a client’s livelihood and quality of life. Immigration matters involving domestic violence and abuse are often the most challenging — but also the most important — types of cases for immigration practitioners.
Firm Prevails in Lawsuit Against Montana Highway Patrol's Racial Profiling of Latinos
On April 4, 2014, the Border Crossing Law Firm prevailed in its class action lawsuit against the Montana Highway Patrol, which was brought because the Montana Highway Patrol was engaging in a practice of detaining Latino drivers and passengers for the purpose of checking into their immigration status.
Attorney General Tim Fox is Wasting Taxpayer Dollars on Ideologically-Driven Challenge to President Obama’s New Immigration Policies
Today, Attorney General Tim Fox joined in a lawsuit to challenge President Barack Obama’s recent executive action on immigration, which will protect hundreds of Montana children from being separated from their undocumented parents. Shahid Haque, an immigration attorney in Helena, believes that “it is disappointing that the Attorney General is once again wasting taxpayer dollars and his office’s limited resources by pushing his own ideological agenda.”
Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Obama's New Immigration Policies
President Obama just announced exciting new immigration policies that will protect some immigrants from deportation and prevent them from being separated from their loved ones. Here are the top 10 things you need to know.
President Obama’s New Immigration Policies Will Protect Many Montanans Who Are Here Without Immigration Status
Tonight, President Obama announced exciting new immigration policies that will shield hundreds of Montanans from deportation and prevent them from being separated from their loved ones. He is calling these new laws the "Immigration Accountability Executive Actions.”
Victory: Firm Prevails in Challenge to Montana Anti-Immigrant Law!
The Border Crossing Law Firm won a victory for immigrants in Montana by striking down the vast majority of Montana's voter-approved law requiring state agencies to determine an applicant’s citizenship or immigration status before granting a wide variety of state services.
Client Sexually Assaulted in Immigration Detention in Montana
As an immigration attorney and President of the Montana Immigrant Justice Alliance ("MIJA"), Shahid Haque is representing and advocating for Audemio Orozco-Ramirez, who was the victim of a sexual assault while in immigration detention in Montana. Audemio courageously shared his story the Great Falls Tribune.
Video: An Overview of Immigration Issues in Montana
We have a broad and diverse immigrant population in Montana -- more than most realize. There are a lot of issues that immigrants face in Montana. Shahid Haque has represented over a thousand Montana immigrants and their families, and has significant knowledge about issued and trends facing immigrants in Montana. Learn about some of these issues in an interview that Shahid Haque did for the Helena Civic TV show "Everybody's Business."
Pot, Meet Kettle: U.S. Department of Justice's Mishandling of Violent Assault Against Missoula Woman
The U.S. Department of Justice report on the Missoula County Attorney’s office doesn't tell the story of every abuse victim in Missoula. It doesn't tell the story of my pro bono client, who was in a long-term abusive relationship and was the victim of an assault committed by her ex-spouse in Missoula.
Video: NAFTA and How U.S. Trade Policy Impacts Immigration
In our national debates on immigration reform, we typically omit an extraordinarily important component of the whole discussion: How U.S. trade policy impacts immigration. Understanding how trade policies such as NAFTA actually create and drive undocumented immigration is essential to the discussion, and is perhaps the missing link to greater public understanding and appreciation of the need for immigration reform.
Thank You, Linda Gryczan: How Gay Rights Pioneers Helped Immigrants in Montana
Immigrants who are challenging LR-121, the State of Montana’s new anti-immigrant law, owe a debt of gratitude to the pioneering gay rights advocates who established an important legal precedent that gives marginalized groups legal standing to challenge laws that threaten to deprive them of their rights.