Immigration

  • June 11, 2025

    DOJ Says Newsom Can't Ask Court To Halt Guard Deployment

    The Trump administration is telling a California federal judge its decision to federalize the National Guard is unreviewable in court, calling California Gov. Gavin Newsom's effort to stop the takeover "a crass political stunt" in a new filing Wednesday.

  • June 11, 2025

    DOJ Says Abrego Garcia's Return Moots His Removal Suit

    U.S. Department of Justice attorneys told a Maryland federal judge they will soon ask the court to dismiss Kilmar Abrego Garcia's suit challenging his erroneous removal to El Salvador, saying his return to the U.S. to face criminal charges moots the matter.

  • June 11, 2025

    ACLU Seeks To Halt Quick Removals After Courthouse Arrests

    The American Civil Liberties Union asked a D.C. federal judge to postpone implementation of a rule and guidance expanding expedited removals of noncitizens to the interior U.S., after immigration officials started detaining immigrants at courthouses. 

  • June 11, 2025

    Disney's Hiring Is Biased Toward Immigrants, Calif. Court Told

    The Walt Disney Co. illegally fired a human resources specialist because she raised concerns about what she saw as the company's practices of primarily hiring immigrant workers while disproportionately firing African American employees, she told a California state court.

  • June 10, 2025

    Tech Recruiter Settles DOJ Claims It Favored Visa Workers

    A San Francisco Bay Area-based technology recruiting company agreed Tuesday to pay civil penalties and change its recruiting practices to resolve allegations it illegally preferred H-1B visa holders over U.S. workers, marking the government's renewed push under the Trump administration to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act against companies favoring foreign workers.

  • June 10, 2025

    NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver Indicted Over ICE Facility Incident

    U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has been charged with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers during her inspection of a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention facility last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    Calif. Gets Hearing On Bid To Stop Trump's Troop Deployment

    A California federal judge Tuesday gave the Trump administration until Wednesday morning to respond to Gov. Gavin Newsom's request to immediately block the federal government's takeover of the state's National Guard unit in response to protests in Los Angeles sparked by federal immigration raids, and set a hearing for Thursday.

  • June 10, 2025

    US Judge Tells Some Agents To Disarm In Connecticut Courts

    Connecticut's chief federal judge issued a standing order Monday updating the weapons policy for the state's federal courthouses, including limiting some law enforcement officers' ability to carry weapons in certain areas without permission, a step he took not long after banning most arrests and detentions in the courthouses.

  • June 10, 2025

    DHS Unit Has Until Friday To Show Parole Changes Are Live

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration until Friday to confirm that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has resumed adjudicating immigration benefits requests for a class of noncitizens granted entry through humanitarian parole.

  • June 10, 2025

    9th Circ. Says Immigration Board Can Review Atty Failure

    The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Board of Immigration Appeals failed to adequately explain its conclusion that it couldn't review a Chinese man's claims of ineffective counsel before the appeals court.

  • June 10, 2025

    Denver Schools Drop 'Protected Areas' Suit Against DHS

    Denver Public Schools has agreed to drop its suit challenging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's memorandum on when immigration enforcement actions can be taken on certain "protected" locations including schools, according to a joint stipulation filed by the parties.

  • June 10, 2025

    DC Judge Halts New ID Rules For Sponsors Of Migrant Kids

    A D.C. federal judge slammed the brakes on the Office of Refugee Resettlement's new documentation requirements for potential sponsors to unaccompanied migrant children, saying it is "substantially likely" that the agency acted arbitrarily and capriciously by not sufficiently justifying the changes.

  • June 10, 2025

    2nd Texas Judge Bars Trump's Wartime Removals For Good

    President Donald Trump's proclamation invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act suffered another legal setback, with a second Texas federal judge finding that the executive order failed to establish an invasion or predatory incursion by Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

  • June 10, 2025

    Wis. Judge Can't Wield Immunity For Obstructing ICE, DOJ Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice has urged a Wisconsin federal judge to reject a state court judge's argument that judicial immunity blocks her prosecution for allegedly obstructing an ICE arrest at a Milwaukee courthouse, saying that while judges may be immune from civil liability for official acts, they are not shielded from prosecution for supposedly criminal conduct.

  • June 10, 2025

    Blue States Back Harvard In $2.2B Funding Freeze Fight

    A coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a brief supporting Harvard University's bid for a pretrial win in its challenge to the Trump administration's move to freeze $2.2 billion in funds, telling a Massachusetts federal judge that the president's attacks on universities are "an attack on the states themselves."

  • June 09, 2025

    Newsom Sues Trump Over 'Illegal' National Guard Deployment

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued President Donald Trump on Monday over the administration's "illegal" takeover of the state's National Guard unit in response to protests in Los Angeles sparked by federal immigration raids, saying the move exceeded "the bounds of lawful executive authority."

  • June 09, 2025

    Judge Denies Obstructing ICE As Disciplinary Hearing Begins

    An attorney for a Massachusetts state judge, who was accused of plotting to let a man wanted by immigration agents escape out of a back door of a courthouse in 2018, said at the start of a disciplinary inquiry Monday that the judge did not know about the plan, pointing the finger at the wanted man's lawyer.

  • June 09, 2025

    Senators Seek Probe Into SEIU Leader's Arrest At ICE Raid

    Three Democratic senators called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Justice on Monday to provide legal justification for the arrest of the president of a Service Employees International Union affiliate in California during an immigration enforcement raid last week.

  • June 09, 2025

    Migrant Kids Funding Suit Belongs In Claims Court, Feds Say

    The government has asked a California federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its termination of legal services programs for immigrant unaccompanied minors, arguing that the case is essentially a contract dispute the court lacks authority over.

  • June 09, 2025

    Chinese Student Accused Of Smuggling Roundworms To US

    A Chinese student pursuing a doctoral degree in Wuhan has been charged with smuggling roundworms to recipients associated with a University of Michigan laboratory and lying to federal agents about it, according to an announcement Monday by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. 

  • June 09, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Ecuadoran Can Be Extradited For Possible Rape

    The Second Circuit ruled Monday that a New York federal judge rightly allowed for the extradition of an Ecuadoran man charged with sexual abuse in his home country, rejecting his argument that he hasn't been accused of an extraditable offense.

  • June 09, 2025

    Justices Urged To Keep Pause On 'Breakneck' Gov't Overhaul

    The U.S. Supreme Court should leave in place a California federal judge's order barring implementation of layoffs and reorganizations at various federal departments and agencies, several unions and nonprofits argued Monday, claiming a decision allowing the changes would irreversibly harm the federal government and render Congress and the judiciary powerless.

  • June 09, 2025

    Feds Say Columbia Grad's Release Bid Lacks Harm Showing

    Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil should be denied a court order for his release, the government argued in a letter Monday to a New Jersey federal judge, saying he has not met his burden to prove irreparable harm.

  • June 09, 2025

    9th Circ. Awaits Justices' Ruling On Birthright Citizenship

    A Ninth Circuit panel has elected to hold off on deciding whether to affirm a Washington federal court order blocking the Trump administration from limiting birthright citizenship until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the matter.

  • June 08, 2025

    11th Circ. Denies Fla. AG's Bid To Unpause Immigration Law

    The Eleventh Circuit on Friday denied Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's bid to lift a block on a state law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized immigrants into the state, finding that Florida had failed to make a strong showing that it would fend off a challenge to the law.

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  • What SDNY Judge Can And Can't Do In Adams Case

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    The federal judge in the Southern District of New York overseeing the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams deferred making a decision on the government's motion to dismiss the indictment, and while he does have limited authority to deny the motion, that would ultimately be a futile gesture, says Ethan Greenberg at Anderson Kill.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • The Political Branches Can't Redefine The Citizenship Clause

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark opinion and subsequent decisions, and the 14th Amendment’s legislative history, establish that the citizenship clause precludes the political branches from narrowing the definition of citizen based on how a parent’s U.S. presence is categorized, says federal public defender Geremy Kamens.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Reading The Tea Leaves On Mexico, Canada And China Tariffs

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    It's still unclear whether the delay in the imposition of U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports will result in negotiated resolutions or a full-on trade war, but the outcome may hinge on continuing negotiations and the Trump administration's possible plans for tariff revenues, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work

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    Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.

  • 10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting

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    This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

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    Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.

  • The Case For Compliance During The Trump Administration

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    Given the Trump administration’s shifting white collar enforcement priorities, C-suite executives may have the natural instinct to pare back compliance initiatives, but there are several good reasons for companies to at least stay the course on their compliance programs, if not enhance them, say attorneys at Riley Safer.

  • Opinion

    Undoing An American Ideal Of Fairness

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    President Donald Trump’s orders attacking birthright citizenship, civil rights education, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs threaten hard-won constitutional civil rights protections and decades of efforts to undo bias in the law — undermining what Chief Justice Earl Warren called "our American ideal of fairness," says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Opinion

    Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice

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    A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

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    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

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