By Max Mitchell | September 6, 2017
Evidence that members of a group conducted election-related violence and showed "tacit support for radical Islam" are not enough to establish that the group is a low-level terrorist organization whose members must be deported, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.
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By Jenna Greene | September 6, 2017
There is a legitimate policy argument that we should not reward people who flouted the rules by giving them a green card or path to citizenship. But that rationale collapses, utterly, when it comes to the Dreamers.
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By Cogan Schneier | September 5, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security will phase out the program, but will not cancel any existing work permits.
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By Josefa Velasquez | September 5, 2017
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman vowed to sue the Trump administration over its plan to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program that shielded young immigrants from deportation and allowed them to receive work permits.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | September 5, 2017
9th Cir.; 14-71768 The court of appeals granted a petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The court held that the Coast…
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By Kristen Rasmussen | September 5, 2017
At least 18 top lawyers are among more than 300 entrepreneurs and business leaders who urged Congress to enact legislation to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and the GC of Microsoft pledged to pay for Dreamer employees' legal costs to avoid deportation.
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By Mike Scarcella and Cheryl Miller | September 1, 2017
From one U.S. attorney general to another, Eric Holder Jr. recently offered Jeff Sessions some leadership advice. Holder's observations were not solicited. "I urge you not to force them to further defend the indefensible—the president's inhumane and unjust executive orders," the Covington & Burling partner wrote to Sessions. Holder's letter, written on behalf of the California Senate, was attached to an amicus brief California lawmakers filed in support of Chicago's challenge to Trump administration immigration policies.
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By John Council | August 31, 2017
A San Antonio federal judge has blocked the implementation of Texas' so-called "sanctuary cities" law which would have allowed local police to check the immigration status of detainees and imposed criminal penalties on local officials who refuse to cooperate in efforts to remove people from the country.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | August 30, 2017
9th Cir.; 15-70155 The court of appeals granted a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The court held that the immigration…
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By Karen Sloan | August 29, 2017
While the FIU community generally gives Alex Acosta high marks for the seven years he served as dean, the group is unhappy with his silence regarding President Trump's hardline stance on immigration and controversial statements on race.
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