The First Circuit has granted the Trump administration a stay pending appeal of a Massachusetts federal court ruling that a class of noncitizens facing removal to countries to which they have no ties must receive meaningful notice and an opportunity to raise fears about being deported to those countries.
A Fourth Circuit panel wrestled Tuesday with whether a federal court had authority to hear a Georgetown scholar's claim that he was detained for protected speech, with one judge insisting that federal immigration law forces challenges to immigration detention through the petition-for-review process.
Medical organizations and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing federal legislation introduced Tuesday that would exempt physicians and other healthcare workers from the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on H-1B visas.
A Ninth Circuit panel ruled a California federal judge properly enhanced a man's sentence for a second illegal reentry conviction based on a prior conviction for making false statements to officers who arrested him for entering the U.S. without authorization.
The U.S. Department of Labor's request to the U.S. Supreme Court to mull whether the department can fine a New Jersey farm for what it alleged were H-2A program violations is based on a misconception, the farm told the justices, urging them to deny the petition.
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting outbound enforcement operations at the Area Port of Douglas, Ariz., seized weapons and rounds of ammunition from a U.S. citizen attempting to depart the United States…
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed revision to the information collection request (ICR) titled "H-2B Foreign Labor Certification Program," and related information collection and retention requirements (OMB Control Number 1205-0509), which covers Forms ETA-9142B, Appendices A, B, C, and D, ETA-9142B, Final Determination, H-2B Seafood Industry Attestation, and related form instructions. This action seeks to renew these forms. The Department also proposes to eliminate the Form ETA-9155, H-2B Registration and pertinent instructions, as employers are not required to complete and submit this form. This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
The First Circuit on Monday mostly upheld a lower court's order blocking the Trump administration from enacting a "sweeping and unprecedented categorical 'freeze' of federal financial assistance," ruling that the states involved in the suit will likely successfully show that the federal government acted arbitrarily and capriciously.
A special master ordered an Iraqi citizen released from immigration detention after his early March deportation to Iraq was canceled because of the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran, saying the man can't be held indefinitely under the terms of a class settlement that immigration authorities have repeatedly crossed.
A Massachusetts federal court issued an order Monday shielding the names of three Venezuelan asylum seekers in a proposed class action alleging Florida officials lured them onto flights to Martha's Vineyard, finding good cause exists to protect them from public scrutiny.