By Greg Land | March 2, 2020
The lawsuit challenges detention center work programs denounced as coerced rather than voluntary as the operator maintains.
By Greg Land | March 2, 2020
The opinion did not address the merits of the claims but said a federal law barring forced labor can be applied to a privately run immigration detention center in south Georgia.
By Ross Todd | February 28, 2020
In two separate cases heard by the same three-judge panel, Ninth Circuit Judges Richard Paez and William Fletcher wrote that immigration cases present a compelling need for uniform relief.
By Tom McParland | February 26, 2020
The unanimous Second Circuit panel noted that the federal government maintains broad authority over states and municipalities when it comes to enforcing immigration policies.
By Marcia Coyle | February 25, 2020
Immigration lawyers are raising alarms about a case the court will hear this morning. DOJ's Jeff Rosen, the second in charge at Main Justice, will make his debut on Wednesday. Plus: Did you miss what Justice Thomas said yesterday about one of his prior rulings? Thanks for reading!
By Cheryl Miller | February 20, 2020
For three years, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has pleaded with federal officials to stay away from state courthouses.
By Cheryl Miller | February 20, 2020
For three years, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has pleaded with federal officials to stay away from state courthouses.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward M. Spiro and Christopher B. Harwood | February 14, 2020
In New York state over the last two years, ICE has increased its courthouse civil arrests of undocumented and other aliens by more than 1700 percent. In response, the state of New York and the Kings Country DA filed suit against ICE on a variety of grounds—including because it violates the privilege against courthouse civil arrests—as well as an injunction barring ICE from conducting such arrests. In this edition of their Southern District Civil Practice Roundup, Edward M. Spiro and Christopher B. Harwood discuss the court's recent denial of ICE's motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Maria M. Mihaylova | February 12, 2020
Over the past several years, the agency charged with adjudicating immigration benefits requests, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), has gradually evolved its review process and has adopted a more searching inquiry of employment visa adjudications.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen A. Miller and Julie Dostal | February 5, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument November 2019 in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, a case that asks whether the Trump administration lawfully terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, also known as DACA.
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