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.
A coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a brief supporting Harvard University's bid for a pretrial win in its challenge to the Trump administration's move to freeze $2.2 billion in funds, telling a Massachusetts federal judge that the president's attacks on universities are "an attack on the states themselves."
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued President Donald Trump on Monday over the administration's "illegal" takeover of the state's National Guard unit in response to protests in Los Angeles sparked by federal immigration raids, saying the move exceeded "the bounds of lawful executive authority."
An attorney for a Massachusetts state judge, who was accused of plotting to let a man wanted by immigration agents escape out of a back door of a courthouse in 2018, said at the start of a disciplinary inquiry Monday that the judge did not know about the plan, pointing the finger at the wanted man's lawyer.
The government has asked a California federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its termination of legal services programs for immigrant unaccompanied minors, arguing that the case is essentially a contract dispute the court lacks authority over.
Three Democratic senators on Monday called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Justice to provide legal justification for the arrest of the president of a Service Employees International Union affiliate in California during an immigration enforcement raid last week.
The Second Circuit ruled Monday that a New York federal judge rightly allowed for the extradition of an Ecuadoran man charged with sexual abuse in his home country, rejecting his argument that he hasn't been accused of an extraditable offense.