A California federal judge has temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a group of Guatemalan immigrant day laborers who claim they were unconstitutionally arrested in a Home Depot parking lot hundreds of miles from the U.S.-Mexico border and illegally forced into expedited deportation proceedings.
A group of 21 attorneys general joined nonprofits Friday in urging a D.C. federal judge to force the Trump administration to reopen offices that oversee various U.S. Department of Homeland Security programs and investigate related civil rights claims, arguing that the DHS' abrupt closure of the offices could have devastating consequences.
The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a Chinese woman's lawsuit challenging the denial of her adjustment of status, saying the denial triggered a bar on judicial review, even if it wasn't an immigration court that denied her application.
The First Circuit rejected the Trump administration's attempt to halt a federal court order directing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide due process protections for immigrants facing deportation to third countries where they have no ties.
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the full Second Circuit to reconsider a pair of decisions siding with students who say they were detained by immigration officials for expressing pro-Palestinian views, doubling down on its argument that courts don't have the jurisdiction to consider the government's removal decisions.
A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.
A Texas federal judge erred when he refused to let several government contractors and the Sierra Club intervene in a lawsuit that blocked the use of border wall funding for anything other than new barrier construction, the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday reasserted that the Trump administration cannot remove from the country alleged Venezuelan gang members who are currently detained in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act while they challenge the president's invocation of the 1798 wartime law.
Eleventh Circuit arguments on whether Walmart Inc. must face an administrative law judge over alleged immigration recordkeeping violations were derailed Friday by the court's concerns about the Trump administration's decision to no longer defend the statute protecting such judges from removal by the executive branch.
Chicago, Denver and an Arizona county sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday for allegedly overstepping Congress' authority by clawing back funds to shelter and assist new migrants, claiming the agency has decided to eliminate the Biden-era program without congressional approval.