Immigration Law

ICE detention of immigrant protected by deferred-deportation program violates due process, suit says

A law-abiding immigrant protected by former President Obama’s deferred deportation program should be released from immigration custody, according to a petition for habeas corpus. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, on Friday, even though he has not committed a crime and is authorized to…

Feb 15, 2017 11:31 AM CST

Will Trump assert executive privilege in travel ban trials? Seattle judge lets case proceed

Citing President Donald Trump’s “see you in court” tweet, a federal judge in Seattle on Monday allowed a challenge to the president’s temporary travel ban to proceed in his court without delay. The decision by U.S. District Judge James Robart sets the stage for a new conflict between the branches…

Feb 14, 2017 10:09 AM CST

Why might 9th Circuit judge have requested en banc rehearing vote on immigration order?

White House policy adviser Stephen Miller is confident that President Donald Trump administration’s travel ban will be upheld, and it’s considering a variety of ways to achieve that. Miller said on Fox News Sunday that the White House is considering a new executive order as well as requesting an emergency…

Feb 13, 2017 12:15 PM CST

White House may draft new immigration order after 9th Cir. ruling, but will case be heard en banc?

Updated: On Friday, President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he’s considering a “brand new order” on immigration, the Associated Press reported. While he said he expected his administration to ultimately win its case on the original order, drafting a new one with “very little” changes is…

Feb 10, 2017 6:01 PM CST

Without mentioning Trump by name, federal judge takes aim at the president’s comments

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster of Cleveland on Wednesday took aim at President Donald Trump’s tweets about the judiciary and his comments about immigrants, though Polster didn’t mention the president by name. In a speech before the civil rights committee of Cleveland’s Anti-Defamation League, Polster said a public office holder…

Feb 10, 2017 10:28 AM CST

Security is reportedly increased for some judges in immigration cases following threats

Some of the judges hearing challenges to President Trump’s temporary travel ban have reportedly been assigned increased security because of threats they received. Anonymous law enforcement officials told CNN that extra security was being provided by the U.S. Marshals Service and local police. A Marshals Service spokesperson who was contacted…

Feb 10, 2017 9:41 AM CST

9th Circuit lets stand restraining order against Trump travel ban: Will case be heard en banc?

Updated: The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to reinstate President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries. The decision (PDF) released Thursday afternoon says the three-judge panel is “mindful that our analysis of the hardships and public interest in this case involves…

Feb 9, 2017 5:40 PM CST

Airport Lawyer website connects volunteer lawyers with travelers affected by immigration ban

A website created over the weekend by volunteer lawyers and software developers can connect travelers affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban with free lawyers who can help them. Airport Lawyer allows users to input information about people targeted by the ban who are traveling to the United States—whether it’s…

Feb 9, 2017 7:00 AM CST

SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch calls attacks on judiciary ‘demoralizing’ and ‘disheartening’

Updated: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch told Sen. Richard Blumenthal that President Trump’s attacks on the judiciary are “demoralizing” and “disheartening,” according to the senator and Gorsuch aides who initially confirmed the account. Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, told reporters that Gorsuch made the comment in a private meeting Wednesday,…

Feb 8, 2017 4:43 PM CST

Trump says 9th Circuit hearing on travel ban was ‘disgraceful’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a federal appeals court hearing on his immigration order was “sad” and “disgraceful. “I don’t ever want to call a court biased, so I won’t call it biased,” Trump said of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “But courts seem to…

Feb 8, 2017 10:05 AM CST

9th Circuit panel shows some skepticism as administration defends Trump’s temporary immigrant ban

Members of a federal appeals court panel on Tuesday appeared skeptical while questioning a Justice Department lawyer about President Donald Trump’s power to enact a temporary travel ban on some immigrants in the name of national security. The New York Times described the live-streamed telephone hearing before the San Francisco-based…

Feb 8, 2017 8:26 AM CST

ABA House urges President Trump to withdraw travel ban

The ABA House of Delegates today passed a resolution urging that the executive branch ensure that any executive orders concerning border security, immigration enforcement and terrorism be within the bounds of laws, treaties and other agreements, and to facilitate a just system for adjudicating various requests for entry into the…

Feb 6, 2017 7:00 PM CST

ABA groups build rapid-response website to help respond to Trump immigration order

On Friday afternoon, at the ABA Midyear Meeting in Miami, the Law Practice Division’s Futures Initiative sat down to an agenda it had planned for three months. But it abandoned that agenda entirely after member Reid Trautz, the practice management adviser for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, mentioned that AILA…

Feb 6, 2017 4:35 PM CST

Judicial independence ‘not up for negotiation,’ ABA president says in speech addressing Trump tweets

ABA President Linda A. Klein, speaking to the association’s House of Delegates on Monday, issued a call to arms for lawyers to defend the rule of law in response to a spate of attacks on law in general and the judiciary in particular by the Trump Administration, though the name…

Feb 6, 2017 12:03 PM CST

Criticized by Trump for blocking his immigration order, this ‘so-called judge’ is a Bush appointee

The Seattle federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration is a Republican appointee who was confirmed to his judgeship in 2004 with no opposition. The judge, 69-year-old James Robart, issued a nationwide temporary restraining order Friday that blocked Trump’s temporary ban on entry into the United…

Feb 6, 2017 10:59 AM CST