Tag: Immigration
Utah Immigration Lawyer Accused of Making Threats Amid Weeks of Erratic Behavior
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A no bail arrest warrant has been issued for a prominent immigration attorney in Utah whose increasingly erratic behavior, according to police and prosecutors, culminated with him making terroristic threats against his wife in addition to making several bizarre statement.
ACLU Sues ICE Over Its Deliberately-Broken Immigrant ‘Risk Assessment’ Software
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ICE is now being sued for running software that declares nearly 100% of detained immigrants too risky to be released pending hearings.
Supreme Court Leans Toward Trump Plan to End DACA Program for Nearly 700K Undocumented Immigrants
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Nearly 700,000 young, undocumented immigrants who now live and work in the USA without fear of deportation could lose their protection.
Documents: Mississippi Plant Owners ‘Willfully’ Used Ineligible Workers
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There have historically been few criminal convictions for hiring people without documents because prosecutors must prove employers knowingly hired someone without legal work authorization.
Loudmouth Xenophobic Lawyer Ripped By Colleagues a Day After Meltdown
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The New York lawyer caught yelling racist comments at Spanish-speaking restaurant workers in a viral video was treated like a pariah by fellow attorneys at a Queens court Thursday, lawyers there told The New York Post.
Lawyer Says Texas Law Banning ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Has Serious Constitutional Problems
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A trial and appellate lawyer says a recently passed Texas “sanctuary cities” ban set to take effect Sept. 1 is vulnerable to a Constitutional challege.
Sanctuary Cities See Legal Holes in Trump’s Immigration Orders
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It’s possible that an exemption in Trump’s order cutting funds from sanctuary cities makes it much more likely that a judge could strike down that section of the order as unconstitutional, Reuters reports.
H-1B Visa – 2016 Filing Season
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Starting April 1, 2016, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting H-1B visa petition filings – subject to the annual cap – for the next fiscal year.