The Texas Supreme Court on Friday granted Texas' bid to temporarily block a Harris County program from disbursing funds to nonprofits to provide legal services to detained noncitizens facing deportation while a state challenge proceeds.
The city of Philadelphia is standing by its "ICE Out" ordinance prohibiting federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themselves as law enforcement officers, arguing in response to the federal government's lawsuit challenging the measure that it makes communities safer.
As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said it did not have jurisdiction to review the merits of a protest lodged by construction company BCCG JV over a $641 million contract awarded to a rival firm for construction of border wall barriers.
A proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court accused a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Philadelphia of unlawfully abandoning a policy that limited its ability to re-arrest and re-detain noncitizens previously found to not pose a community danger or flight risk.
Based on my experience in the state judiciary, emulating federal courts' role as gatekeepers of expert witness testimony would help state court judges maintain the appearance of impartiality and assist juries, thus enhancing the overall confidence people have in their justice system, says Lorie Gildea at Greenberg Traurig.
An Oregon federal judge Wednesday granted class certification to people who have been or will be swept up in warrantless immigration arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without individually assessing the probability of whether someone poses a flight risk, finding the named plaintiffs' claims are typical throughout the class.
The Trump administration said that Kilmar Ábrego García has no legal right to stop his removal to Liberia, arguing that the Salvadoran national's habeas claims are jurisdictionally barred and reiterating the government's position that negotiations with Liberia would make his removal to Costa Rica "prejudicial" to the United States.
A federal statute allowing noncitizens to be deported over convictions for a crime of child abuse, child neglect or child abandonment can encompass endangerment situations where a child was put in danger but not hurt, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday.
The Ninth Circuit has ordered a Washington federal court to increase an attorney fee award for farmworkers who successfully challenged the federal government's agricultural wage survey methodology, finding the lower court's explanation for slashing the award by 75% was insufficient.