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National Law Journal

Fourth Circuit Throws Out One of the Last Challenges to Trump's Travel Ban

The ruling reverses a district judge's order that the challenge on whether the travel ban is unconstitutional could proceed to discovery.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'This Is a Moment': Civil Rights Lawyers Confront Pandemic and Police Violence Inequities

"In many respects, the pandemic has helped to just rip the Band-Aid off and make more visible the racial fault lines that exist in America," said Kristen Clarke, president of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

COVID-19—A Convenient Pretext for Questionable Immigration Reform

In response, on April 23, the administration temporarily suspended the entry of "immigrants who present risk to the U.S. labor market during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak."
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Coalition Led by NY AG James Argues for Halt to 'Public Charge' Rule During Pandemic

A ruling paving the way for implementation came before the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, which challengers say fundamentally changes the burden imposed by the Trump administration's policy.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Busy Immigration Lawyer Joins Barnes & Thornburg—and Other 'On the Move' News

Sarah Hawk said the pandemic, coupled with the Trump administration's heightened visa scrutiny, is causing serious challenges for clients in immediate need of work visas.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Pandemic History and the Generation of Law

In a famous 1975 lecture before the Collège de France, the philosopher and social theorist Michel Foucault proposed that the plague of the mid-1300s…
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Judges Skeptical of Defining 'Public Charge' in Trump Immigration Policy Fight

One judge seemed wary of creating a permanent definition for an immigration policy, comparing it to an accordion that should be "somewhat flexible simply because the needs of the country change."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Ginsburg Rebukes 9th Circuit Panel for 'Radical Transformation' of Appeal

The principle of "party presentation" refers to a long-standing feature of the court system that the parties in litigation, and not judges, are responsible for raising the legal issues a court must resolve.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Torres Provides Release From Civil Detention to Immigration Detainees With 'Underlying Conditions'

In two recent decisions that impact the civil detention policies of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hon. Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York granted injunctive relief to two sets of immigrant plaintiffs suffering from underlying medical conditions, ordering their immediate release.
6 minute read

The Recorder

'Bad Day for the Separation of Powers': Trump Appointee Says 9th Circuit Blocked an Immigration Policy That's Constitutional

Ninth Circuit Judge Daniel Bress said his colleagues' decision denying the federal government's motion to stay an injunction in a case over a presidential proclamation requiring certain migrants to enter the U.S. with an approved health plan is "yet the latest example of our court allowing a universal injunction of a clearly constitutional Executive Branch immigration policy."
3 minute read

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