A group of Colombian immigrants scammed clients out of $100,000 by pretending to be immigration lawyers at a fake firm and orchestrating phony hearings in which they pretended to be judges and federal agents, complete with fake judicial robes and uniforms, federal prosecutors in New York said Friday.
A Minnesota federal judge said Friday that a U.S. Department of Justice attorney won't be fined after an immigrant's identification documents were finally returned to him, yet she tore into the DOJ's excuses and said she will "not tolerate what happened here: disobedience and radio silence from the government."
The full Ninth Circuit ruled on Friday that Congress' 2023 bill clarifying civil liability for companies that "attempt to benefit" from human trafficking retroactively applies to a group of Cambodian workers' lawsuit against a California importer, overturning a district court's refusal to vacate the importer's 2017 summary judgment win.
The Trump administration on Friday proposed changes to a procedure that allows asylum seekers to apply for employment authorization while they wait, noting that the changes could close the door to such work permits for "many years" to come.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday that it would soon draft new rules and step up enforcement against "chameleon carriers," as well as training schools that churn out drivers seeking nondomiciled commercial driver's licenses, which are issued to immigrants.
Immigration officials have brought a civil denaturalization action in Florida federal court against the former mayor of North Miami, alleging he fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship through a sham marriage and lied about his identity.
The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security cannot yet deport an immigrant convicted of attempted first-degree sexual abuse because his crime does not meet the federal definition of rape needed to remove him from the country.
The California Bar’s campaign against discourteous behavior by attorneys, including a newly required annual civility oath, reflects a growing concern among states that professionalism in law needs shoring up — and recognizes that maintaining composure even when stressed is key to both succeeding professionally and maintaining faith in the legal system, says Lucy Wang at Hinshaw.
Texas has suffered through a shortage of judges for its federal courts for a while now, but the recent influx of immigration cases is pushing the system to the brink.
A Salvadoran immigrant detained for removal proceedings did not get a constitutionally-compliant bond hearing after Trump administration officials were ordered to allow the man to seek his release, a Virginia federal judge has ruled.