The U.S. Department of Justice defended an ICE agent facing assault charges for brandishing a gun at another motorist, telling a Minnesota federal judge this week that he should be able to fight the case in federal court — where he can seek immunity — because he "performed the job he is paid to do."
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The Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether the Delaware Chancery Court improperly limited evidence used to calculate a $6.9 million award to a former member of a Philadelphia-area EB-5 investment company, with each side accusing the other of misapplying Delaware law governing expert evidence and attorney fee awards.
As mid-summer approaches, Massachusetts attorneys are focused on much more than just the Red Sox winning streak and the fallout from the Jaylen Brown trade; from a headline-grabbing federal prosecution to the midterm elections to cases that could shape the state's noncompete laws, practitioners have plenty on their radar in the latter half of the year.
A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocked a U.S. State Department policy purportedly aimed at fighting censorship, ruling a research coalition is likely to show it unlawfully targeted people for protected viewpoints and work in the realm of social media content moderation.
A California federal court has allowed Chinese nationals to continue pursuing their lawsuit accusing the U.S. State Department of undertaking a policy of mass student visa revocations, finding that they are challenging an alleged policy rather than individual revocations.
Washington DC, July 15 – In response to reports of a third death taking place in connection to an ICE enforcement operation in just over a week, American Immigration Council policy director Nayna Gupta issued the following statement:
“This cannot be dismissed as a series of unrelated tragedies. This is what happens when Congress dumps billions of dollars into mass deportations instead of focusing on what’s actually broken in our immigration system.
“The fact that ICE reportedly suspended most vehicle stops tells us that some officials recognize the current enforcement tactics are putting people in danger. But temporarily pausing one tactic is not enough. Congress has poured close to a quarter of a trillion dollars into immigration enforcement. ICE and other agencies are funded at the level of some militaries, without any of the accountability or oversight that should come with that power.
“This is not sustainable. The impacted families and American public deserve answers about the details of these tragic killings, but this is bigger than any one incident or investigation. Congress needs to make overdue, bold changes to our immigration laws to restore credibility and humanity to immigration enforcement in American communities.
“There is a better way forward. A working immigration system should be guided by four basic principles: first, giving longtime immigrant residents a chance to get right with the law; second, clear and targeted public safety priorities; third, more proportionate consequences for violations of the law rather than deportation for all; and finally greater accountability to rein in abuse by federal agents. Right now, the sole focus is on chasing deportation and detention quotas and that makes violence and tragic deaths inevitable. Mass deportation creates danger, not safety.”
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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil filed suit Tuesday in New York federal court under an anti-KKK law, accusing several Trump administration officials and private organizations of conspiring to deprive him and others of their constitutional rights on account of their support of Palestinians.
A Fourth Circuit panel said immigration judges violated a deported Jamaican man's right to due process when they held he missed a window to reopen removal proceedings after an electronic filing system and court clerk both refused to accept his motion.