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Texas Lawyer

Major Changes in Immigration Policies Continue During COVID-19

From the controversial practice of separating parents from children at the border, ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and building a border wall, Trump has made immigration a major policy priority.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

'Poppycock!': Judge Blocks Trump Policy Tapping Border Agents to Screen Asylum-Seekers

"These procedures plainly violate Congress's requirements," U.S. Senior District Judge Richard Leon said of the training border patrol agents receive to conduct credible fear assessments for asylum-seekers.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Railroaded by the Bar? Facing Second Ethics Case, Miami Lawyer Claims Florida Bar Disregarded His Illness

Already suspended, Miami attorney Mark Gallegos is facing a second complaint from the Florida Bar over his work on three immigration cases. Here's what allegedly went wrong.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Immigration and the American West: The Myth of the Garden

Now, on the cusp of global migration spurred by social unrest, economic uncertainty, and—we increasingly hear—climate change, we must hope, as Walt Whitman imagined in "Passage to India," for human—not national—solutions.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Unexplained Closure of Immigration Court Frustrates Lawyers

The immigration group is advising members who have visited the immigration court facility in the past 14 days to get tested for COVID-19 and to self-quarantine until the results are known.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Law Firm Helps Burundian Asylum Seeker End 5-Year Flight From Tyranny: A Q&A With Sidley's David Sillers

Texas Lawyer spoke with Sidley Austin attorney David Sillers about a pro bono case that secured permanent asylum for a Burundian journalist and Red Cross employee who had been tortured and marked for death.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Maintaining Permanent Resident Status During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Green card holders (lawful permanent residents, or LPRs) overseas who plan to come back to the United States will not only have to deal with health concerns associated with international travel, but also many practical and economic inconveniences caused by the imposition of significant governmental restrictions in many regions of the world.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Steve Bannon Charged With Defrauding Donors in 'Build the Wall' Fundraising Campaign

The former White House chief strategist, who is represented by William Burck and Daniel Koffmann of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ex-Clients Seek $1M From Fort Worth-Area Lawyer, Accused of Benefiting From Investment Conflict of Interest

Two clients allege the attorney led them to a real estate investment that lost all their money and said he didn't disclose his alleged connection to the investment company.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Businessman Pleads Guilty in Vermont Ski Fraud Case

Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain ski resorts in northern Vermont, changed his plea to guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and the concealment of material information.
4 minute read

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