The Board of Immigration Appeals has issued a decision holding that immigration judges are barred from using their discretion in withholding-only proceedings to terminate those cases.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review has hired 11 new permanent immigration judges and 25 temporary ones after more than 100 judges were terminated, reassigned or retired early.
This final rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to provide that DHS may require all aliens to be photographed when entering or exiting the United States, and may require non-exempt aliens to provide other biometrics. The final rule also amends the regulations to remove the references to pilot programs and the port limitation to permit collection of biometrics from aliens departing from airports, land ports, seaports, or any other authorized point of departure. In addition, DHS is requesting comments on the specific collection process as well as costs and benefits for new transportation modalities.
The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in the state of Texas.
A D.C. federal judge Friday repeatedly pressed a Trump administration lawyer on whether there are any limits to the president's power over the District of Columbia National Guard under his reading of federal law, as the attorney insisted the powers were intended to be "broad."
The Board of Immigration Appeals rightly denied an Ecuadorian man's plea to stay in the U.S. to prevent hardship to a minor daughter when she turned 21 by the time it issued a decision, a Second Circuit panel ruled Friday.
An Oregon federal judge weighing the potential deployment of the National Guard to Portland on Friday zeroed in on two factors that might distinguish an ongoing court pause on deployment from an earlier restriction that a divided Ninth Circuit panel sunk — the number of troops and the states they come from.
Immigrant drivers and unions on Friday asked the D.C. Circuit for an emergency pause on a new U.S. Department of Transportation rule that blocks certain immigrants from driving commercial trucks and buses, denying that these drivers pose safety risks permitting the agency to immediately cut off licensing.
The Trump administration told a Maryland federal judge Friday that it intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, saying the African country agreed to take the Salvadoran and gave assurances that the country won't mistreat him.