Section Newsletters

Articles From Cindy G. Buys

Message from the Chair By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, February 2010 Thoughts from the Section Chair.
Message from the Chair By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, November 2009 If you want to know more about the work of the section council, you will now be able to view the agenda and minutes of our meetings on the Web page at <http://www.illinoisbar.org/Sections/international/index.html>.
It’s past time to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, October 2009 In May of this year, the Obama Administration announced its treaty priority list. Prominent on that list is the Administration’s support for Senate advice and consent to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Message from the Chair By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, October 2009 A message from Section Chair Cindy Buys.
Message from the Chair By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, September 2009 A message from Section Chair Cindy Buys.
Message from the Chair By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, July 2009 A note from incoming Chair Cindy Buys.
Court strikes down Illinois law prohibiting employers from using E-Verify By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, June 2009 In late 2007, Illinois enacted Public Law 95-138 prohibiting Illinois employers from enrolling in the federal government’s Employment Eligibility Verification System or E-Verify until the federal government could certify that the results of the E-Verify system were 99% accurate.
What you need to know about consular notification By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, January 2009 On Thursday, December 11, 2008, the International and Immigration Law Section Council sponsored an interesting and informative CLE program on consular notification at the ISBA’s Mid-Year Meetings.
The mutually beneficial relationship between the Section Council and the Consulates By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, December 2008 The ISBA Section on International and Immigration Law has for many years held some of its meetings at Consulate Generals of various nations.
Timeline of recent events in Darfur region of Sudan By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, July 2008 The International and Immigration Law Section Council, the Human Rights Section Council, the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, and the John Marshall Law School organized a meeting on May 1st at The John Marshall Law School concerning “The Crisis in Darfur.”
If the U.S. detains foreign visitors arriving at the airport, is consular notice required? By Cindy G. Buys & Mark E. Wojcik International and Immigration Law, May 2008 The issue of consular notice is presently before the U.S. Supreme Court in Medellin v. Texas, No. 06-984. 
Putting employers between a rock and a hard place with respect to verifying employment eligibility By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, December 2007 Earlier this year, the Illinois legislature passed and Governor Blagojevich signed into law H.B. 1744, which puts employers in an even more difficult position with respect to verifying their employees’ eligibility to work. H.B. 1744 amends the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to prohibit employers “from enrolling in any Employment Eligibility Verification System, including the Basic Pilot Program, 8 U.S.C. 1324a, . . . until the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) databases are able to make a determination on 99 percent of the tentative nonconfirmation notices issued to employers within three days, unless otherwise required by federal law.”
Judges should notify foreign nationals By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, April 2007 Attached is a proposed Illinois Supreme Court Rule 404 that would require Illinois state court judges to notify foreign nationals at an early stage in any criminal proceedings that they have a right to have their consulate informed that they have been arrested or detained.
Book drive for immigration detainees By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, March 2007 For the past two years, students and faculty from Southern Illinois University (SIU) have been visiting immigration detainees held at the Tri-County Justice and Detention Center (Tri-County) in Ullin, IL to conduct “Know Your Rights” presentations and to assess whether the legal needs of the immigration detainees are being met.
Recent developments with respect to First Amendments Rights in the immigration context By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, September 2006 As immigration practitioners may know, the extent of First Amendment rights of non-U.S. citizens has not been fully decided.
Reform of the United Nations—September 23, 2005 By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, November 2005 This year, the United Nations celebrates its 60th anniversary. As with any anniversary, the United Nations’s 60th anniversary has been a time for reflection: a time to assess what the United Nations has done well and what it has not done so well.
The Supreme Court’s most recent use of foreign and international law By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, June 2005 In recent years, the Rehnquist Court has been engaged in a heated debate regarding the proper role of international law in the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
The continuing evolution of immigration law to address issues of domestic violence By Cindy G. Buys International and Immigration Law, June 2004 Violence against women is present in every country, but it is even greater where women suffer more economic disadvantages.

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