A California federal judge Tuesday gave the Trump administration until Wednesday morning to respond to Gov. Gavin Newsom's request to immediately block the federal government's takeover of the state's National Guard unit in response to protests in Los Angeles sparked by federal immigration raids, and set a hearing for Thursday.
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has been charged with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers during her inspection of a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention facility last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration until Friday to confirm that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has resumed adjudicating immigration benefits requests for a class of noncitizens granted entry through humanitarian parole.
Connecticut's chief federal judge issued a standing order Monday updating the weapons policy for the state's federal courthouses, including limiting some law enforcement officers' ability to carry weapons in certain areas without permission, a step he took not long after banning most arrests and detentions in the courthouses.
The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Board of Immigration Appeals failed to adequately explain its conclusion that it couldn't review a Chinese man's claims of ineffective counsel before the appeals court.
The recent revelation that a handful of questions from the controversial California bar exam administered in February were drafted using generative artificial intelligence demonstrate the continued importance of disclosure for attorneys who use AI tools, say attorneys at Troutman.
Denver Public Schools has agreed to drop its suit challenging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's memorandum on when immigration enforcement actions can be taken on certain "protected" locations including schools, according to a joint stipulation filed by the parties.
The U.S. Department of Justice has urged a Wisconsin federal judge to reject a state court judge's argument that judicial immunity blocks her prosecution for allegedly obstructing an ICE arrest at a Milwaukee courthouse, saying that while judges may be immune from civil liability for official acts, they are not shielded from prosecution for supposedly criminal conduct.
President Donald Trump's proclamation invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act suffered another legal setback, with a second Texas federal judge finding that the executive order failed to establish an invasion or predatory incursion by Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
A D.C. federal judge slammed the brakes on the Office of Refugee Resettlement's new documentation requirements for potential sponsors to unaccompanied migrant children, saying it is "substantially likely" that the agency acted arbitrarily and capriciously by not sufficiently justifying the changes.