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An immigration attorney claiming a Wells Fargo adviser led her astray has no one to blame but herself for being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for EB-5 investment fraud, the company told a Nevada federal court.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday evening directing the attorney general and secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to publish a list of sanctuary cities, which are often found in Democratic states, as they "obstruct" the federal immigration efforts, according to the administration.

The Trump administration is urging the D.C. Circuit to narrow an injunction preserving the agency that oversees Voice of America while the administration appeals a ruling that halted the broadcasting service's dismantling, saying a trial court judge ruled too broadly by reinstating grant agreements and employees.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security told a Washington federal judge on Monday that a preliminary injunction was not needed to restore the student visa record of a University of Washington doctoral candidate from China, because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already returned the student's status to active.

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Tenth Circuit that no precedent exists for a Colorado federal judge's temporary restraining order to halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for individuals the DOJ says are not designated under the wartime law.

The Trump administration is still making it difficult for immigrants detained at Guantanamo Bay to access attorneys, including by denying in-person attorney visits and missing scheduled attorney-client phone calls, two detainees alleged in an amended suit filed Friday in D.C. federal court.