Tag: ImmigrationLaw
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.
Senators Angered When Trump Appeals Court Pick Stays Quiet on White House Legal Advice
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Senators from both parties at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing complained as Steven Menashi refused to answer some questions.
ICE Affidavit Says Plant ‘Knowlingly’ Hired Illegal Workers — No Charges for Company
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The sworn statements supported the search warrants that led a judge to authorize the raids, and aren’t official charges.
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.
Minnesota Think Tank GC Suspended, Apologizes for Remarks About Somali Refugees
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The general counsel of a Minnesota think tank has been suspended for comments she made about Somali-Americans in a New York Times article, reports the Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
DOJ Hiring Attorneys to Handle Property Seizures for Border Wall
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The attorneys likely will deal with eminent domain property seizures and quarrels with landowners over what their land is worth.
Border Wall Needs Private Property. But Some Texans Won’t Give Up Their Land Without a Fight.
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Previous eminent domain attempts along the Texas border have led to more than a decade of court battles, according to The Washington Post.
Army of Local Lawyers Itching to Fight Trump’s Policies
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Lawyers for Good Government is led by executive director Traci Feit Love, a Harvard Law School graduate and former litigator for DLA Piper, one of the biggest law firms in the world.
Appellate Attorney Says Travel Ban Decision Provides Road Map for Future Litigation
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The Supreme Court’s ruling signals how things may go in later immigration litigation about border policy, says Dallas appellate attorney David Coale.
Supreme Court Poised to Rule on Trump Travel Ban, Union Fees, Other Cases
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The U.S. Supreme Court is heading toward the end of its current term, and remaining cases include the Trump travel ban, union fees, and regulations on Christian-based anti-abortion centers.
Trump Calls U.S. Court System ‘Unfair’ After DACA Ruling
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President Trump on Wednesday blasted the U.S. court system as “broken and unfair” after a federal judge blocked his move to end the program protecting young immigrants brought to the United States illegally by their parents, reports Reuters.
The Supreme Court’s Travel Ban Off-Ramp
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A Ninth Circuit ruling on President Trump’s “travel ban” case offers the U.S. Supreme Court a clever way to reject the ban without limiting government power over immigration, writes Garrett Epps for The Atlantic.
Tree Trimming Firm Pays Biggest Fine in U.S. Immigration Case
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A tree trimming company has been handed the largest penalty imposed in a United States immigration case, totaling $95 million, after pleading guilty to employing illegal immigrants, Reuters reports.
How Supreme Court Justices Could Avoid Issuing a Verdict on Trump’s Travel Ban
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Getting rid of the case would allow the justices to avoid second-guessing the president on a matter of national security or endorsing an especially controversial part of Trump’s agenda, the AP reports.
CEOs See a ‘Sad Day’ After Trump’s DACA Decision
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Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, tweeted that his company would fight for the people affected by Trump’s action to be “treated as equals.”
Largest Immigration Law Firm in U.S. is Busy, Very Busy
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The only large U.S. law firm in the country dedicated solely to immigration work is in crisis management mode in the wake of President Donald Trump’s immigration order, reports Bloomberg Law.
Uber CEO to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick responded to an onslaught of criticism to his joining President Trump’s economic advisory council by resigning from the council on Thursday, reports The New York Times.
Many More Legal Challenges Likely for Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration
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Scholars say that President Trump’s executive order on immigration is likely to face a series of new legal challenges about whether it violates a 1965 anti-discrimination law and the Constitution, The Washington Post reports.
Is Trump Immigrant Order Repeating History? An Attorney Says Maybe
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The First Amendment prohibits government action that favors one religion over another, and the current executive order clearly does so by giving non-Muslims priority status, says David Coale of Lynn Pinker Cox Hurst.
Tech Industry Reacts to Trump’s Order on Immigration With Fear and Frustration
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Donald Trump’s executive order Friday banning citizens of certain countries from entering the U.S. for 90 days blindsided the technology industry, reports The Los Angeles Times.
