/immigration?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Immigration Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:34:13 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353942?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353942 The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and dozens of other affiliated legal organizations urged the First Circuit on Monday to uphold a Massachusetts federal judge's decision blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying the White House order is unconstitutional and would "disproportionately harm" Asian American communities. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:14:09 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353973?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353973 Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys on Monday urged a New Jersey federal judge to immediately release the Palestinian rights activist on bail, or at least allow his return to the Garden State from Louisiana to be closer to his wife and newborn son. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:37:27 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353630?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353630 A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday kept in place until June 23 a temporary block on President Donald Trump's proclamation barring foreign students from attending Harvard University, saying she will issue a ruling within the next week. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:34:01 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353821?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353821 A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday set a fall trial date for a former top aide to two New York governors over allegations that she secretly acted as an agent of China's government in the U.S., while prosecutors intend to bring new charges within weeks. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:23:55 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353217?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353217 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and 40 other Senate Democrats are looking to ensure the Trump administration is following a Fifth Circuit decision that limited a block on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program solely to Texas. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:25:36 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353788?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353788 So-called sanctuary jurisdictions told a California federal judge Friday the Trump administration has conditioned entire swaths of federal funding on cooperating with its immigration crackdown, against the judge's April injunction, while the government argued the injunction can't broadly "prejudge an array of distinct issues that are not properly before the court." Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:52:12 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353318?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353318 The Second Circuit on Friday backed a Board of Immigration Appeals finding that an Ecuadoran woman failed to show how her removal would cause exceptional and extremely unusual harm to her U.S.-citizen children, saying the board committed no clear errors. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:29:44 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353626?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353626 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services urged a judge not to certify a class claiming unreasonable delays in processing visas for immigrant victims of crime, saying the named plaintiffs' applications for work authorization have already been resolved. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:04:00 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353338?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353338 A California federal judge said Friday that planned staff reductions at the State Department would violate her injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order directing layoffs at federal agencies, saying she's not persuaded by the government's assertion that the department's reorganization was underway before the order. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:02:04 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353471?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353471 The New York Supreme Court on Friday blocked New York City Mayor Eric Adams from letting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement open up an office at Rikers Island, saying that there was a "real and imminent risk" immigrant communities would lose trust in the city's government institutions absent an injunction. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:56:00 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353277?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353277 MoneyGram has agreed to pay $250,000 to end a Biden-era remittance practice suit that was on its last legs after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pulled out of the enforcement action earlier this year, leaving the New York attorney general as the sole plaintiff. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:16:54 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353230?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353230 A California federal judge has agreed with a magistrate judge that the Trump administration must turn over documents pertaining to the removal of temporary protected status for Venezuelans and Haitians, holding that the documents are not covered by the executive branch's privilege. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:04:38 +0000 /immigration/articles/2352963?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2352963 The employees of a Lee's Summit, Missouri, office that helps U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services process benefit applications can vote on union representation, a National Labor Relations Board official said, rejecting the employer's argument that the union should also include employees of its Overland Park, Kansas, office. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:30:35 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353291?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353291 A group of retired judges is urging a Wisconsin federal judge to deny the U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to keep them out of a criminal case against a state judge charged with hindering an arrest by immigration authorities, saying there is "neither factual nor legal support" for their amicus brief to be declined. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:46:03 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353173?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353173 A New Jersey federal judge on Friday declined Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's request to be released from immigration detention after the Trump administration said earlier in the day it has alternative grounds to keep him behind bars. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:18:13 +0000 /immigration/articles/2353108?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2353108 A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday blocked enforcement of what she called a likely unconstitutional Trump administration executive order requiring physical proof of citizenship to vote and invalidating ballots received after Election Day, saying the president lacks authority to override existing voting laws. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:38:11 +0000 /immigration/articles/2352891?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2352891 A new worker protection law in Philadelphia includes, among other measures, a private right of action and recordkeeping requirements that may amount to a lower evidentiary standard, introducing a new level of accountability and additional noncompliance risks for employers, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:07:18 +0000 /immigration/articles/2329140?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2329140 Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school — especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives — not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at Constangy. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:08:51 +0000 /immigration/articles/2352687?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2352687 The Trump administration Wednesday urged the First Circuit to lift a district court's block on the federal government from rescinding temporary Biden-era removal protections from more than 500,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan immigrants, saying the U.S. Supreme Court already hinted that the order was a mistake. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:57:19 +0000 /immigration/articles/2352731?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2352731 A D.C. federal judge on Thursday denied advocacy groups' request for an injunction as they appeal a ruling that upholds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new registration form for unauthorized immigrants, finding that they have not shown that they will suffer irreparable harm without the injunction.