Two Democratic lawmakers say the Department of Homeland Security has grown more secretive under Secretary Markwayne Mullin, citing deteriorating conditions and limited transparency at detention facilities.
The Trump administration informed states how they can comply with new limits on federal Medicaid funding for non-citizens set to go into effect Oct. 1.
A Minnesota judge appeared skeptical Wednesday of a challenge to a US Department of Homeland Security memo that loosened restrictions on conducting immigration enforcement operations at and near schools.
New Jersey is seeking a quick halt to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to convert a Roxbury warehouse into an immigrant detention center, arguing the operation could “overwhelm local infrastructure.”
The US Department of Homeland Security can’t bar clergy from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Chicago suburbs, a federal judge ruled.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized a fellow member of the US Supreme Court for failing to grasp the real-world effects of an unsigned order last year that allowed immigration enforcement sweeps in Los Angeles to resume.
The Trump administration tapped an immigration judge with less than three months on the job for a top position at the Justice Department office that adjudicates deportation and asylum claims.
A federal judge curtailed a defense effort to support a potential motion alleging selective prosecution in the criminal case against four people charged with blocking a federal officer during a protest at an immigration facility last year, citing prosecutors’ assertion that no relevant communications exist between the White House and the Chicago US Attorney’s office.
ICE is likely operating one of its most notorious detention facilities, the Florida holding center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” lawfully despite no environmental review process, a federal appeals panel indicated during oral arguments Tuesday.
State tax frameworks, data centers, and immigration were common themes among the first few states to wrap up their legislative sessions this year.
The history of the H-1B visa from its origins in 1952, when Harry S. Truman was president, to the major developments since Trump’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order.
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