Immigration

  • May 07, 2025

    Mass. Justices May Bless Use Of High Bail To Block Removal

    Justices on Massachusetts' highest court appeared reluctant on Wednesday to second-guess a lower court's decision to dramatically increase the bail of a defendant facing imminent deportation solely to keep him in the state for trial.

  • May 06, 2025

    Judges Block Trump's Wartime Law Removals In Colo., SDNY

    Federal judges in Colorado and New York on Tuesday blocked deportations of noncitizens in their respective districts under President Donald Trump's proclamation aimed at expelling alleged Venezuelan gang members, with one saying Trump's assertion of absolute power over immigration policy "staggers."

  • May 06, 2025

    Judge Rejects DOJ's 'Jiggery-Pokery' On Refugee Admissions

    A Washington federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to facilitate travel and admissions for about 12,000 refugees blocked by the president's ban, saying the government was not free to disobey statutory and constitutional law and federal court orders.

  • May 06, 2025

    2nd Circ. Suggests Students Can Challenge Detention In Court

    A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday voiced doubts about the U.S. Department of Justice's position that immigrant detainees cannot immediately file constitutional challenges in district courts, amid arguments by lawyers for two students that such a policy amounts to suspending the Great Writ. 

  • May 06, 2025

    Mich. Judge To Extend Order Restoring Student Visa Records

    A Michigan federal judge said Tuesday she would extend an April order restoring foreign students' terminated visa records after the students said they feared the administration could reverse course without a court order protecting their legal status.

  • May 06, 2025

    Judge Warns He Wants 'Candor' In Free-Speech Removal Suit

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday told counsel that he expects "absolute candor" as he presides over a suit challenging the Trump administration's practice of arresting and removing noncitizen students and faculty from the United States over pro-Palestinian speech.

  • May 06, 2025

    Newark Raises Safety Concerns About ICE Detention Center

    The city of Newark told a New Jersey federal judge that the GEO Group has started housing immigration detainees at Delaney Hall, even though the city's building department found numerous safety concerns after conducting an initial visual inspection last month.

  • May 06, 2025

    Judge Won't Reverse Order To Bring Back Asylum-Seeker

    A Baltimore federal judge Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's request that she vacate her April ruling ordering the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker sent to a Salvadoran prison, giving the government 48 hours to appeal before she starts demanding regular updates on what's been done to comply.

  • May 05, 2025

    Judge Details Block On Trump Targeting Sanctuary Cities

    A California federal judge on Friday elaborated on why he preliminarily blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from local jurisdictions that limit their law enforcement's involvement in federal immigration enforcement, saying it doesn't matter that the administration has not yet withheld funds.

  • May 05, 2025

    Judge Backs Biden-Era Protections For H-2A Farmworkers

    A North Carolina federal judge tossed a challenge to a Biden-era regulation that enhanced the organizing rights of seasonal farmworkers with H-2A visas, saying Monday that the U.S. Department of Labor didn't act arbitrarily and capriciously when it issued the regulation.

  • May 05, 2025

    Judge Demands Answers About Student Visa Restoration

    A D.C. federal judge demanded answers from the government on the status of more than 5,000 international students who were stripped of their student immigration records last month, saying she was getting conflicting information on whether they'd been reinstated retroactively to avoid any lapses in their right to remain in the U.S.

  • May 05, 2025

    Ex-NY Gov. Aide Can't Ax Foreign Agent Charges

    A Brooklyn federal judge said Monday that a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul can't ditch charges of money laundering and acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government, saying prosecutors sufficiently alleged she knowingly used her position to advance that nation's interests.

  • May 05, 2025

    Ga. Judge Extends Visa Protections For International Students

    A Georgia federal judge has temporarily extended the restoration of the legal status of more than 130 current and former international college students who allege they were put at risk of deportation when their files were purged from a federal database.

  • May 05, 2025

    DHS Offers Migrants Financial Incentives To Self-Deport

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it will foot part of the bill for immigrants to self-deport if they are in the country unlawfully by providing travel assistance and a $1,000 stipend.

  • May 05, 2025

    Groups Urge DC Circ. To Halt Noncitizen Registration Rule

    Immigrants rights groups called on the D.C. Circuit to pause the Trump administration's interim final rule requiring all noncitizens to register with the federal government or face criminal prosecution, after a lower court declined to issue a preliminary injunction.

  • May 02, 2025

    Fla. Says It's Likely To Appeal Block Of Migrant Transport Law

    The Florida attorney general indicated Friday that he is likely to appeal an injunction blocking a state law that criminalizes the transportation of immigrants living in the country illegally and asked a Florida federal judge to pause the proceedings until the Eleventh Circuit had looked at the case.

  • May 02, 2025

    DOJ Says Ill. Law Encroaches On Feds' Immigration Powers

    The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Illinois over recently enacted legislation restricting the use of systems such as E-Verify to check prospective workers' employment eligibility, saying the changes impede the federal government's ability to identify unauthorized foreigners.

  • May 02, 2025

    Judge Blocks Feds' Appeal In Khalil's Unlawful Detention Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge refused to pave the way for the government to appeal his opinion that the court has jurisdiction over Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit claiming the Trump administration is unlawfully detaining him for his political views, reasoning that he issued an opinion, not an appealable order.

  • May 02, 2025

    DC Circ. Allows Feds To Halt Funding To Int'l Media Outlets

    A D.C. Circuit panel has paused a lower court order that restored federal grant funding to international broadcasters while leaving intact other aspects of a ruling preserving the agency that oversees Voice of America.

  • May 02, 2025

    Feds Urge Judge To Deny ACLU's Broader Injunction Request

    The Trump administration said a Washington, D.C., federal judge can't order the government to facilitate the return of Venezuelan nationals deported from the U.S. to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center "in a district in which none of the affected individuals are located."

  • May 02, 2025

    Groups Seek Order Halting Trump's Restructuring Of Gov't

    A California district court must stop federal agencies from moving ahead with President Donald Trump's directive to reorganize and terminate government workers, unions and other groups argued, calling for a temporary restraining order based on alleged harms from the administration's "radical restructuring."

  • May 01, 2025

    DOJ Grilled On 'Bottleneck' After Refugee Processing Orders

    A Washington federal judge expressed frustration with the federal government Thursday for moving "with one hand behind its back" to resume processing of certain refugees after the Ninth Circuit clarified the scope of a partial block on the Trump administration's refugee program shutdown.

  • May 01, 2025

    DHS Urges Justices To Let Venezuelan Protections Be Undone

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security turned to the nation's highest court on Thursday, asking the justices to pause a nationwide injunction blocking the agency from undoing the Biden administration's extension of temporary protected status for Venezuela during its appeal.

  • May 01, 2025

    3rd Circ. Unsure Defunct NJ Law Blocked ICE Detentions

    The Third Circuit appeared skeptical of prison operator CoreCivic Inc.'s argument Thursday that a defunct New Jersey law barring detention centers from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unconstitutional, questioning whether the statute actually blocked the federal government from detaining migrants.

  • May 01, 2025

    DOJ To Take Over Legal Services For Separated Families

    The Executive Office for Immigration Review told a California federal judge it plans to take over the direct administration of legal access services for thousands of immigrant families that were separated under the first Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy.

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Expert Analysis

  • What 7th Circ. Collective Actions Ruling Means For Employers

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    With the Seventh Circuit’s recent Fair Labor Standards Act ruling in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, a majority of federal appellate courts that have addressed the jurisdictional scope of employee collective actions now follow the U.S. Supreme Court's limiting precedent, bolstering an employer defense in circuits that have yet to weigh in, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

  • A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President

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    For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

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    Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support

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    A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.

  • Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where

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    During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Series

    Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.

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