Immigration Law

Experts say Justice Department manipulated statistics on foreign-born terrorists

Seventy-three percent of people convicted of international terrorism-related charges since Sept. 11, 2001, were foreign-born, according to a report released Tuesday. Some experts, however, criticize the statistics, report the Washington Post and the New York Times. Karen Greenberg, director of Fordham University’s Center on National Security, says the statistics included…

Jan 17, 2018 9:09 AM CST

Justice Department will ask Supreme Court for direct review of judge’s DACA injunction

The U.S. Justice Department announced that it intends to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to grant direct review on the merits of a judge’s injunction that bars the Trump administration from phasing out a program protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors. The department said in a press…

Jan 16, 2018 2:46 PM CST

ABA president expresses concern about loss of provisional residency for more than 300,000 immigrants

ABA President Hilarie Bass issued a statement on Thursday raising concerns about the end of temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States following natural disasters in their native countries. In the statement, Bass said the ABA is concerned over the fate of about…

Jan 11, 2018 12:12 PM CST

ICE raids 7-Eleven stores in immigration crackdown

Federal agents on Wednesday raided nearly 100 7-Eleven stores in 17 states and Washington, D.C., in an immigration crackdown. The raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resulted in 21 arrests of workers believed to be in the country illegally, report the New York Times, the Associated Press, the Washington…

Jan 11, 2018 9:38 AM CST

Judge blocks DACA rescission; White House calls decision ‘outrageous’

A federal judge in San Francisco has issued a nationwide injunction that temporarily blocks the phase-out of a program protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors.

Jan 10, 2018 9:07 AM CST

8 states file brief supporting the government’s attempt to deny abortions to immigrant minors

Eight states described as having “a legitimate and substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life” have weighed in on a lawsuit seeking to clear the way for immigrant minors in federal custody to have abortions. An amicus brief in Garza v. Hargan from the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan,…

Jan 9, 2018 4:02 PM CST

Joe Arpaio announces bid for US Senate seat from Arizona

Joe Arpaio, the 85-year-old former lawman pardoned by President Donald Trump just weeks after being convicted for contempt of court, is running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. CNN, the New York Times, the Arizona Republic and the Washington Examiner all have stories. The former Maricopa County sheriff told the…

Jan 9, 2018 3:40 PM CST

ICE detention center proposed for rural Wyoming town with no immigration attorneys

A private company has proposed to build an immigration detention center outside Evanston, Wyoming—a town that reportedly has no immigration lawyers and is more than an hour away from the nearest immigration court in Salt Lake City. The jail proposal is from the Management & Training Corporation, a Utah contractor…

Jan 9, 2018 11:42 AM CST

Judge says US cannot proceed on dual criminal prosecution and deportation track with immigrants

The federal government cannot criminally prosecute immigrants, and then arrest them on immigration detainers after bail is granted, according to a federal judge. The New York Times reports that in the past few months this has come up in three separate cases assigned to Judge Dora L. Irizarry of the…

Jan 8, 2018 3:45 PM CST

7th Circuit to decide on deportation of US veteran and green card holder with drug conviction

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday about whether to deport an Army veteran convicted of a drug crime, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times reported this week. Miguel Perez Jr. left Mexico at the age of 8 and eventually became a lawful permanent resident. He’s facing…

Jan 5, 2018 3:55 PM CST

Sessions to challenge immigration judges over closure of cases

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is challenging the authority of immigration judges to issue administrative closure -- the closing of cases without making a decision -- which allows immigrants to remain in the country without legal status, The Associated Press and Fox News report.

Jan 5, 2018 1:56 PM CST

Washington state attorney general sues Motel 6 for handing over customer data to immigration agents

Updated: Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Motel 6 “for voluntarily providing guest lists to agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” on a routine basis for at least two years, which led to the detention of at least six people presumed to be in the country illegally, according…

Jan 4, 2018 2:55 PM CST

9th Circuit rules against third travel ban

Once again, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a Trump administration attempt to restrict travel from six Muslim-majority nations.

“We conclude that the president’s issuance of the proclamation once again exceeds the scope of his delegated authority,” the court wrote in a per curiam opinion.

Dec 22, 2017 9:04 PM CST

The top 10 legal news stories of 2017

It’s hard to imagine a year more packed with major legal news than 2017, much of it generated by President Donald Trump's administration. We may never get used to the frenetic pace. Here are 10 stories—themes, really—that dominated legal news reports.

Dec 22, 2017 9:00 AM CST

Supreme Court says judge ruled on DACA document turnover too soon

The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday that a federal judge ruled too soon when he ordered document disclosure in lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s decision to wind down a program protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors.

Dec 21, 2017 8:47 AM CST