Democratic senators called for the Congressional Budget Office to investigate the cost of President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in five U.S. cities, saying the mobilization of military forces raises serious fiscal, legal and constitutional concerns.
A Tennessee federal judge is requiring Trump administration officials to adhere to a local criminal rule barring extrajudicial statements in its criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia over human smuggling charges, citing the Salvadoran's right to a fair trial.
As attorneys increasingly face unprecedented and pervasive situations — from prosecutions of law enforcement officials to executive orders targeting law firms — they must develop several essential competencies of effective crisis lawyering, says Ray Brescia at Albany Law School.
Kilmar Ábrego García won't be deported to Liberia unless the Maryland federal judge who blocked his deportation lifts the order, an attorney for the Trump administration assured the court Monday, despite the government previously saying he could be sent there as soon as Friday.
The Ninth Circuit's practice of automatically granting requests to stay removal orders on appeal allowed a Peruvian couple to gain time in the country with a "barebones" filing, according to a three-judge panel who said the practice must end.
Texas is looking to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's pooling of immigrants' personal data into centralized databases to help states purge voter rolls, saying that the challenge jeopardizes a "transformational" tool for doing so.
After recent reports that hackers have once again infiltrated federal courts’ electronic case management systems, the judiciary should strengthen its cybersecurity practices in line with executive branch standards, outlining clear roles and responsibilities for execution, says Ilona Cohen at HackerOne.
Vialto Partners announced Monday that its immigration law-focused affiliate, Vialto Law (US) LLP, has brought on nearly 30 legal professionals from Seyfarth Shaw LLP, including nine attorneys.
The Board of Immigration Appeals has issued a decision holding that immigration judges are barred from using their discretion in withholding-only proceedings to terminate those cases.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review has hired 11 new permanent immigration judges and 25 temporary ones after more than 100 judges were terminated, reassigned or retired early.