A man who pled guilty to threatening the wife of a Georgia-based Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer should get a sentence of four to 10 months, federal prosecutors told an Atlanta federal court, adding that the government was amenable to home detention instead of prison.
A nonprofit and an immigration law firm asked a D.C. federal judge to order the U.S. government to move on a series of public records requests about a Trump administration gold card program selling $1 million green cards to foreign nationals.
A Florida federal judge pressed government lawyers for some answers Monday after legal service providers and a class of noncitizens said officials violated a court order to ensure access to legal counsel at the South Florida Detention Facility.
Maryland told a federal court once again that it must stop the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency from converting a local commercial warehouse into an immigrant detention center, arguing that the planned center will pollute the environment, hurt wildlife and endanger public health.
The Ninth Circuit refused Monday to revive a proposed class action accusing Bank of America of discriminating against Iranian citizens, affirming a California federal court's ruling that the lawsuit fails to show the bank acted with ill will when erroneously closing the plaintiff's account.
Immigrant detainees have asked a California federal judge to certify a class action challenging the inadequate medical care, poor food quality and lack of disability accommodations at a Mojave Desert detention center, arguing the allegedly unconstitutional practices harm all detainees held there.
A group of five immigration and constitutional law scholars have told the Maryland federal judge overseeing Kilmar Ábrego García's habeas case that removing noncitizens to third countries they have no ties to is unconstitutional when done as clear punishment.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services again rescinded a Biden-era policy requiring it to automatically consider whether to defer removal or other action for at-risk immigrant youth when a visa is unavailable, opting for an even more discretionary case-by-case determination.
The state of Washington and a class of immigration detainees urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject GEO Group's bid to overturn a Ninth Circuit ruling requiring the prison operator to pay Washington's minimum wage to detainee workers, filing separate briefs arguing the decision does not merit further review.
An immigration judge erred by terminating removal proceedings without prejudice after neither the noncitizen nor the U.S. Department of Homeland Security appeared, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled, finding that in absentia proceedings should've been held instead.