A New York federal judge ordered immigration officials to immediately release a Jamaican asylum seeker from detention Monday, after ruling last week that the man was afforded no due process whatsoever.
A Florida federal judge on Monday trimmed a proposed class action complaint against the Everglades immigration detention center alleging attorney access to detainees and court proceedings have been denied, saying that a ruling on a Fifth Amendment violation would be moot after federal officials specified the court with administrative responsibility over the facility.
A coalition of 21 state attorneys general, led by Matthew Platkin of New Jersey, filed suit against the Trump administration on Monday, accusing it of unlawfully tying $1 billion in crime victim funding to immigration enforcement, a move they say defies congressional intent and jeopardizes critical support for survivors.
The Internal Revenue Service has begun sharing taxpayer return information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the government told a D.C. federal court, revising the tax agency's previous stance that it had not received or responded to any such requests.
The D.C. Circuit on Monday stayed a district court order that paused the Trump administration's ability to subject noncitizens paroled into the U.S. to expedited removal proceedings.
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has moved to dismiss criminal charges against her from a May confrontation with federal agents at an immigrant detention center, arguing she is immune from prosecution under the U.S. Constitution's speech or debate clause and is being selectively targeted by the government.
El PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Paso del Norte border crossing seized 69.75 pounds of methamphetamine on Aug. 13.The narcotics were discovered after a CBP canine initially indicated the presence…
A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.
A Minnesota federal judge has ordered immigration officials to release a Salvadoran mom of two U.S. citizen children who is still breastfeeding one of them, rejecting the Trump administration's argument that she is subject to mandatory detention.