The Third Circuit's late October arguments will include two nationally watched cases scrutinizing President Donald Trump's power to name "interim" government officials and his promise to deport foreign nationals who allegedly supported Hamas or took part in protests against Israel's war in Gaza.
The government is pushing back on a Massachusetts immigration attorney's allegations that his work phone was seized in retaliation for his criticism of the Trump administration and advocacy for noncitizens, saying it's looking into whether he violated federal employment verification laws.
The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that it revoked the visas of at least six foreigners over comments they made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
A D.C. Circuit panel expressed skepticism Tuesday that nonprofits challenging the Justice Department's termination of immigration court assistance funding could simultaneously have standing to bring their case while also keeping it out of the Court of Federal Claims, where a district judge effectively sent it in July.
Recent decisions by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Government Accountability Office illustrate the importance of contemporaneous documentation in proposal evaluations, the standards for an agency’s override of a Competition in Contracting Act stay, and the regulatory requirements for small business joint ventures, says Cody Fisher at MoFo.
For employers, DHS’ proposal to change the H-1B visa lottery from a random selection process to one favoring higher-wage workers may increase labor and compliance costs, limit access to entry-level international talent, and raise strategic questions about compensation, geography and long-term workforce planning, says Ian MacDonald at Greenberg Traurig.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Tuesday slammed a move by acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba to escape his malicious prosecution and false arrest civil suit as doomed to fail.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a D.C. Circuit decision holding that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had authority to grant work permits to some spouses of highly skilled foreign workers.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies did "precisely" what a Rhode Island federal court forbade when they recently told states that they must agree to help with immigration enforcement in order to receive disaster and security funding, a judge ruled Tuesday.
A Second Circuit panel mulled Tuesday if it should consider on an interlocutory basis if the New York Labor Law covers a class of detainees who allege they were underpaid by a for-profit company that manages a Buffalo-area immigration detention facility.
