Noem, Top US Lawyers Reveal Little in Judge’s Contempt Probe
Facing a criminal contempt of court probe, Homeland Security Secretary
Facing a criminal contempt of court probe, Homeland Security Secretary
The Trump administration has started charging a $5,000 fee to people who entered the US illegally.
Federal appeals court judges clashed Friday in oral arguments over how to interpret presidential executive orders rescinding funds from immigrant sanctuary jurisdictions that were successfully blocked in a lawsuit brought by San Francisco.
A legal services nonprofit ended Friday its lawsuit seeking to avoid being prosecuted by Louisiana’s attorney general for offering legal rights training to immigrant communities amid the Trump administration’s New Orleans-centered immigrant crackdown.
The US Supreme Court stayed an appeals court decision questioning the authority of a federal civil service board.
Information technology company Cognizant Technology Corp. and a whistleblower demonstrated that a US appeals court should consider whether a False Claims Act suit alleging H-1B visa fraud can proceed, a Thursday district court order said.
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The Trump administration faces an uphill legal battle Friday as it attempts to overturn a court injunction won by San Francisco preventing the administration from rescinding federal grants to immigrant sanctuary cities involved in the case.
A Los Angeles federal judge who previously ordered federal agents to stop injuring journalists at protests said he’s considering recent reports of excessive force in Chicago as he weighs whether the plaintiffs still have standing to continue their case.
Chicago protesters’ move to dismiss their suit challenging immigration agents’ use of force was “procedural gamesmanship,” a US Department of Justice attorney said Thursday, noting that plaintiffs filed the dismissal motion before an appellate court had a chance to decide the merits of the case.



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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