The D.C. Circuit is set to decide whether or not to allow the Trump administration to continue dismantling the agency that oversees state news broadcaster Voice of America after hearing consolidated arguments Monday morning in a quartet of cases challenging the shutdown.
Public Citizen urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to rein in lower courts' interpretation of the 85-year-old Yearsley ruling, arguing it doesn't provide government contractors sovereign immunity derived from the government.
The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, which took effect on Sunday with little advance notice, blindsided immigration attorneys who told Law360 that it could ultimately hurt domestic workers by driving U.S. companies to do business elsewhere.
An Illinois federal judge hearing Chicago and other municipalities' dispute over migrant-focused grant funds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stopped reimbursing should not halt that decision while the parties' case plays out, because the funds aren't being moved or used elsewhere, the federal government argued Monday.
Three farm operators didn't jointly employ two Mexican migrant farmers who accused them of failing to reimburse workers for travel and visa expenses and requiring illegal kickbacks for meal charges, even though the farms filed H-2A visa applications together, a North Carolina federal judge ruled.
The Trump administration has doubled down on its challenge to a New York law that blocks immigration officials from making arrests near state courthouses, saying the law poses "intolerable obstacles" to immigration enforcement and must be swept aside.
The federal government is urging a Washington federal court to throw out a suit from Eteros Technologies USA Inc. and its officers claiming U.S. Customs and Border Protection wrongly deported and revoked their trusted traveler status, saying CBP's actions are in keeping with federal law.
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to impose a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, framing it as a "restriction on entry" necessary to stem the entry of high-skilled foreign workers, particularly in science and technology fields.
Long Island officials on Friday asked a New York federal judge to throw out a class action brought by immigrants who say they were unlawfully detained past their release dates at the request of federal immigration authorities, saying local law enforcement has federal sovereign immunity when acting in cooperation with the feds.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday launching a "gold card" visa program that provides a pricier but speedier pathway for foreigners to reside in the U.S. "by voluntarily providing a significant financial gift to the nation," touting it as a step toward undoing the prior administration's "disastrous" immigration policies and bringing wealth to the nation.