David Lisandro Perez Figueroa, 23, of Monrovia, was sentenced in Central District of California, ordered to pay $2,799 in restitution, and placed on lifetime supervised release.
The Trump administration has released funding for Harris County, Texas' refugee resettlement program following a lawsuit the county filed last week against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the county's attorney announced Wednesday.
A Connecticut federal judge denied a man's attempt to vacate his guilty plea for tax evasion, despite accepting that his lawyers had misled him into believing that if he received no prison time he could avoid mandatory detention and likely deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A California federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from re-implementing its so-called Remain in Mexico policy while an immigrants' rights group challenges it, finding the group's "core" business activities will be irreparably harmed without a stay and the group is likely to win its First Amendment claims.
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
Florida authorities have arrested an individual under a new law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants into the state despite a federal court order temporarily barring enforcement of the law.
The Sixth Circuit ordered a do-over of a judge's decision to shield court records in a securities lawsuit against private prison operator CoreCivic on Thursday, saying it isn't enough to invoke unspecified "confidentiality" interests.
Prosecutors told a Washington federal judge Thursday that they had secured approval for "deferred action" from the Department of Homeland Security on potential immigration proceedings against two Estonian men awaiting sentencing for a cryptocurrency fraud scheme.
A Fourth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's "extraordinary" emergency motion to stay a discovery order in litigation over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation to El Salvador, while cautioning the administration against ignoring federal courts, saying it could degrade both executive and judicial branch powers and that "law in time will sign its epitaph."