A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end protected status for people from Somalia, saying the status quo should be preserved until she has time to hear arguments in the newly filed suit.
Lee and Sons Farms told a North Carolina federal court it has agreed to pay $305,000 to settle claims from migrant H-2A workers who accused it of underpaying them and forcing them to buy inadequate meals.
A Minnesota-based human rights nonprofit has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in D.C. federal court over its decision to restrict public access to proceedings at St. Paul's Fort Snelling Immigration Court.
The Service Employees International Union and four Boston airport workers sued the federal government Friday, claiming the Trump administration has upended immigrant workers' livelihoods by unlawfully revoking security credentials that allowed them to work inside international airport terminals.
Minnesota's U.S. attorney has claimed a federal judge should not be presiding over habeas corpus matters related to the government's "Operation Metro Surge" immigration enforcement operation, saying he failed to disclose he is married to the state's Solicitor General, who is steering separate litigation over the crackdown.
The Board of Immigration Appeals should've examined whether a Sri Lankan national was otherwise eligible to avoid removal after finding he'd materially supported a terrorist organization, the Second Circuit ruled, saying the BIA's approach "renders the statutory exemption process a mirage."
The Washington State Legislature has passed a bill requiring employers to provide notice to their employees if the federal government requests records relating to their work eligibility.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security must halt the construction of a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland, a federal judge has ordered, saying that the department likely failed to take a "hard look" at the construction's potential environmental impact.
A panel of the First Circuit has paused a district court order holding that a class of noncitizens facing removal to countries to which they have no ties must receive meaningful notice and an opportunity to raise fears about being deported to those countries.
The full Ninth Circuit declined to rehear a unanimous January panel ruling that ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked authority to vacate a temporary protected status extension for Venezuela, with judges sparring across a 51-page order in dueling concurrences and dissents.