Prison operator GEO Group Inc. has asked a Colorado federal judge to pause a forced labor class action brought by former immigrant detainees and certify an appeal for the Tenth Circuit to weigh a question about government contractor immunity that could end the case.
New Jersey and the township of Roxbury asked a federal court to halt the conversion of a warehouse to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, citing expected strains on local resources and the environment.
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) is issuing this notice to announce the annual updates to allowable monetary charges employers of H-2A workers, in occupations other than herding or production of livestock on the range, may charge workers when the employer provides three meals per day. This notice also announces the minimum and maximum amount of travel-related subsistence reimbursements required under the H-2A and H-2B programs. Finally, this notice includes a reminder regarding employers' obligations with respect to overnight lodging costs as part of required subsistence and reasonable travel costs to and from the worksite.
A federal judge Monday refused to overturn a former Wisconsin state judge's conviction for helping shield a defendant in her courtroom from arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, rejecting her contention that, because ICE had no authority to make the arrest in the courthouse, there was no obstruction.
Chicago and other municipalities again urged an Illinois federal court to enforce its preliminary injunction stopping the federal government from freezing and withholding funding for a U.S. Department of Homeland Security shelter program, saying they're still awaiting reimbursement for certain costs incurred before the government's grant terminations.
An Eighth Circuit panel said the Board of Immigration Appeals reasonably rejected an El Salvador woman's claim that an immigration judge showed bias and unfairly denied her asylum bid, because she failed to support the assertion.
My audit of 1,522 court documents from last month found that over 95% contained at least one verifiable error, with fewer than 1% showing clear indicators of artificial intelligence use — highlighting above all else that lawyers may want to focus most on strengthening their review processes, says Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich.
The federal government has moved to end San Diego and San Jose's challenge to Internet Crimes Against Children grants requiring recipients to certify they don't operate DEI programs that violate nondiscrimination laws, arguing they aren't required to sign onto the Trump administration's viewpoints on DEI, only to follow existing federal laws.
A North Carolina federal judge denied an Egyptian national's renewed motion to block his removal as he seeks asylum, finding that while he wasn't given due process during a court-ordered immigration bond hearing, he was in a subsequent bond hearing.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent GEO Group v. Menocal decision, holding that government contractors cannot immediately exit cases via interlocutory appeals, may increase litigation costs, strengthen plaintiffs' leverage in settlement negotiations and dampen the government's ability to attract bids on high-risk or sensitive projects, say attorneys at Wiley.