A Manhattan federal judge set a May trial date Thursday for former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander to adjudicate a ticket he received for allegedly obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement as he monitored proceedings at a building where immigrants have been detained.
New York and New Jersey urged a Manhattan federal judge to swiftly convert a temporary restraining order into a final merits ruling in their challenge of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Gateway Tunnel funding freeze, warning that a TRO lapse would trigger economic harm and undermine the court's prior relief.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg instructed the Trump administration Thursday to facilitate the return of Venezuelan nationals it deported in March under the Alien Enemies Act in violation of his earlier order barring their removal so they can pursue their habeas claims.
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LAREDO, Texas—Over the Super Bowl weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations officers at three separate ports of entry in Laredo, Del Rio, and Hidalgo apprehended three men wanted on outstanding felony warrants for…
The NCUA Board (Board) is seeking comment on proposed regulations to implement portions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The GENIUS Act charges the NCUA with licensing, regulating, and supervising payment stablecoin issuers that are subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions (FICU subsidiaries). The GENIUS Act also requires the NCUA to issue implementing regulations by July 18th, 2026. This proposed rule proposes regulations to implement the statutorily required process for approval and licensure of permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) subject to the NCUA's jurisdiction. It also proposes regulations limiting FICUs to investing in NCUA-licensed PPSIs. A forthcoming proposal will propose regulations to implement the standards and restrictions imposed by the GENIUS Act on PPSIs.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said this week that state agencies must require applicants to provide Social Security numbers when applying for occupational licenses, saying it's been "unambiguously" required under state law for more than 30 years.
A split Ninth Circuit spurned a bid from GEO Group on Wednesday for the full court to revisit a panel opinion siding with Washington state in the company's challenge of new health and safety standards for immigrant detention, with dissenting federal appellate judges contending that the earlier ruling "ignores both our circuit precedent and common sense."
The Homeland Security Task Force in Jacksonville announced a multijurisdictional enforcement operation targeting a Chinese transnational criminal organization for marriage fraud. The organization recruited U.S. service members to participate in fraudulent marriages and enabled Chinese nationals to obtain immigration benefits and access cards for U.S. military installations.