A Washington federal judge established a framework for determining which refugees should be admitted to the country, despite President Donald Trump's executive order dismantling the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
A Florida Native American tribe has filed a motion to join a federal lawsuit against an immigration detention center constructed in the Everglades, saying the facility poses a direct threat to its livelihood.
The Wisconsin state judge accused of helping an immigrant living in the country illegally avoid arrest objected to a federal magistrate judge's recommendation not to have her indictment dismissed, arguing Tuesday that her actions were lawful and that accepting the recommendation would set a dangerous precedent.
As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
Four current or former Homeland Security Investigations supervising agents told a Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday that orders to locate and arrest student activists whose legal status in the United States had been revoked came from higher-ups, including via memos directly from the State Department — an unusual procedure for an agency that typically deals with criminal activity.
The Fourth Circuit has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from ending temporary protected status for Afghans while immigrant rights advocates appeal a lower court's order denying summary judgment in their favor, according to an order issued Monday.
Environmental advocacy groups have renewed their push for an order against an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, telling a Florida federal court that the center is holding detainees in inhumane conditions and damaging surrounding protected land.
An Illinois federal judge temporarily barred the Trump administration from clawing back funds to shelter and assist new migrants after Chicago, Denver and an Arizona county said the government had plans to transfer their funds to Florida for the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility.
A Haitian man charged with sexual assault in Massachusetts hopes to be deported home instead of facing a trial, an unusual case where the state's highest court is expected to decide whether judges can use bail to keep a person in state custody out of immigration proceedings.
The D.C. Circuit has said the Biden administration did not flout notice and comment rulemaking procedures when it issued a rule in 2022 revising the H-2A visa worker program since it pulled the Trump administration's 2021 version of the rule before it became final.