An Eighth Circuit panel refused to fault the Board of Immigration Appeals for affirming the denial of a Honduran woman's attempt to reopen removal proceedings when it wasn't clear her ineffective counsel claim was shared with the appropriate disciplinary authority.
A Second Circuit panel has denied the Trump administration's request to stay a district court order postponing the termination of temporary protected status for Syria, holding that the federal government isn't likely to win on appeal.
A senior U.S. Department of Justice official acknowledged that the government has violated dozens of court orders involving immigrants since early last December, according to a New Jersey federal judge's order directing government officials to detail how the Trump administration will ensure compliance with orders in the judicial district.
Playing trivia taught me to quickly absorb information and recognize when I've learned what I'm expected to know, training me in the crucial skills needed to be a good attorney, and reminding me to be gracious in defeat, says Jonah Knobler at Patterson Belknap.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied a protest from a Virginia technology firm, finding that the company did not support its allegations of a "bait and switch" in the award of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security task order.
A California federal judge has vacated a Board of Immigration Appeals precedential decision that stripped immigration judges of the authority to grant or hear bond requests from detained immigrants, excoriating the Trump administration for openly defying a federal court.
More discovery is needed into the IRS' data-sharing agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in light of the tax authority recently admitting to breaching its terms, a coalition challenging the agreement told a D.C. federal court in seeking a remand.
A Massachusetts federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to several religious groups that sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out immigration enforcement at churches, holding that while unlawful immigration warrants a sizable government response, it can't undermine fundamental liberties.
Two healthcare staffing companies will pay $1 million to end a proposed class and collective action claiming they engaged in "indentured servitude" by forcing nurses to repay visa-related costs, according to an Ohio federal court filing.