Voting rights advocates sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday over its bid to acquire states' unredacted voter information to cross-check voter rolls against immigration databases, warning that the effort could enable purges of naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote.
PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility recently intercepted $1.1 million in suspected cocaine concealed in an empty trailer.“Under the powerful leadership of President Donald J.…
Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically stored information – with judges divided on whether the standard should turn on a party's legal right or practical ability to obtain the information, say attorneys at Sidley.
Attorneys for a class of young asylum-seekers told a Maryland federal judge the U.S. government should be held in contempt for brazenly violating a settlement agreement and deporting class members to countries they fled without first deciding their asylum applications.
Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.
An Oregon federal judge on Tuesday allowed two environmental groups to intervene as plaintiffs in a consolidated suit filed by the state and one of its cities, which are challenging a proposed federal immigrant detention center planned to be built near an airport.
The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday issued a list of more than 1,400 individuals who lost U.S. citizenship during the first quarter of the year, a slight uptick from a year ago.
