All 76 unaccompanied children whom the Trump administration tried to deport to Guatemala over the weekend are back in the custody of the federal agency that oversees their care after a federal judge halted their removal, the government said.
As I learned when I transitioned from an assistant U.S. attorney to a BigLaw partner, the move from government to private practice is not without its hurdles, but it offers immense potential for growth and the opportunity to use highly transferable skills developed in public service, says Jeffery Vaden at Bracewell.
A California federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump's use of the National Guard to quell protests over immigration raids was a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, saying Congress "clearly" limited the military's role in domestic law enforcement.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review announced Friday that three new Board of Immigration Appeals members — Sheila E. Gallow, Marcos Gemoets and Kathleen K. Volkert — were sworn in during a ceremony on Thursday.
Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength.
Texas has urged a federal court not to issue a statewide injunction against an executive order allowing state officers to pull over drivers suspected of transporting unauthorized migrants in the wake of a Supreme Court decision limiting universal injunctive relief.
The Board of Immigration Appeals has ruled immigration judges generally can't postpone hearings based on a noncitizen's "speculative assertion" they might be eligible for another form of removal relief they have not previously raised.
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the full D.C. Circuit to review a panel ruling ending a district judge's investigation into the Trump administration's first flights of Venezuelan citizens to El Salvador in March, claiming that the decision undermines the court's fundamental authority to enforce its orders.
Two logistics companies have failed to escape a proposed class action accusing them of misusing a professional worker visa program to lure workers from Mexico, with a Georgia federal judge trimming out some discrimination and fair labor claims, but allowing several others to proceed.
A new final rule that took effect Thursday removes prior restrictions on who can be a temporary immigration judge, opening the positions to any attorney and waiving the requirement for immigration law experience while the Trump administration continues firing permanent judges.