A group of asylum-seeking Venezuelan migrants who say they were lured into boarding flights to Massachusetts by associates of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis more than two years ago still cannot pursue most of their claims in the Bay State, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
The U.S. Department of Labor may not approve minimum wage job orders for migrant farmworkers in Washington state, a federal judge has ruled, saying seasonal farmworkers with H-2A visas must receive paychecks that don't depress agricultural wages in the area.
Immigrant rights groups sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in D.C. federal court Monday, seeking to challenge the agency's interim final rule requiring unauthorized immigrants to register with the federal government or face criminal prosecution.
A California federal judge on Monday temporarily halted U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's attempt to end temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, calling it an "unprecedented action" that is likely "unauthorized by law, arbitrary and capricious, and motivated by unconstitutional animus."
Amid a flurry of executive actions defining gender as binary, immigration attorneys say their transgender clients are fearful and they themselves are worried about how to navigate claims for asylum and other forms of removal protection in this new landscape.
Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.
President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to lift a D.C. federal judge's order blocking the removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act, arguing the order infringes on his unique authority to make sensitive national security decisions.
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's move to gut the agency that controls international news outlet Voice of America, saying it appeared to be a "classic case" of arbitrary policymaking.
A Boston federal jury on Friday convicted a former Haitian mayor of lying on a visa form about his involvement with an extrajudicial killing and attempted murders before fleeing the island country and seeking permanent residence in the United States.
As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.