An attorney for international students who allege the government improperly terminated their F-1 student status without explanation urged a Michigan federal judge Tuesday to bar the government from detaining or deporting the students, who were "packing their bags" out of fear they may be forced out of the country.
A federal judge has dismissed the last remaining criminal charges against a former Georgia Tech professor who was indicted more than four years ago over allegations he was helping Chinese tech workers come to the U.S. under the guise of being university-affiliated researchers.
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Two Estonian men who pled guilty in a case alleging they ran a $577 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme told a Washington federal judge they each received emails from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security telling them to leave the country despite being under court order to remain in the U.S.
The U.S. government objected Monday to releasing an unredacted copy of a tax-information-sharing agreement between the IRS and immigration enforcement agencies sought by groups seeking to block the disclosure, telling a D.C. federal court that it would reveal sensitive information and law enforcement techniques.
A Vermont federal judge hinted Monday he will likely order the government to return a Tufts University graduate student to the state for a hearing on her request to be released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
A Colorado federal judge on Monday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting any detained noncitizens in the state who could face deportation under an Alien Enemies Act proclamation seeking to quickly remove alleged Venezuelan gang members.
The Trump administration asked the Ninth Circuit on Monday to pause a California federal judge's order barring the government from cutting federal funding for groups providing legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children, while attorneys challenging the funding cuts say the government is still in violation of the order.
The U.S. Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review cleared immigration judges to dismiss asylum applications without a hearing when the applications on their face are deemed to be legally insufficient.
A Washington federal judge has ordered the federal government to immediately resume processing of certain refugees and also continue funding for agencies that facilitate refugee resettlement, finding that the government has not complied with previous orders.