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Refugee Group Sues to Preserve Protections for Syrians in US

A refugee advocacy group is suing the Trump administration to preserve removal protections for several thousand Syrians in the US, the latest court fight over government moves to strip humanitarian relief from hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals.

ICE Apprehension of US Citizens Derided as ‘Kavanaugh Stops’

“Kavanaugh Stops” is a reference to conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who wrote in a case last month that encounters with immigration agents for legal residents are “typically brief” and affected individuals “promptly go free.”

Full Appeals Court May Take Up Trump’s Portland Troops Plan

The full US appeals court in San Francisco will vote on whether to reconsider a ruling Monday by a three-judge panel that for now allows President Donald Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, over the objection of state and local leaders.

Full Appeals Court May Take Up Trump’s Portland Troops Plan

The full US appeals court in San Francisco will vote on whether to reconsider a ruling Monday by a three-judge panel that for now allows President Donald Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, over the objection of state and local leaders.

Border Patrol’s Bovino to Be Deposed in Chicago Protest Suit

Gregory Bovino, a US Customs and Border Protection chief patrol agent and the face of the Trump administration’s Chicago-area immigration crackdown, can be deposed in a lawsuit related to agents’ recent use of force against protesters and journalists, a federal judge ruled Monday.

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The H-1B Visa: A Brief History From Truman to Trump

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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