Immigration

  • March 06, 2025

    Amid Court Setbacks, Trump Wants Foes To Foot Legal Bills

    With judges hitting the brakes on the White House's aggressive agenda, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to up the ante with his legal adversaries by seeking legal costs and damages if his administration ultimately prevails after initial setbacks in litigation.

  • March 06, 2025

    Judge Says He's 'Wrestling' Over Int'l Aid Freeze Injunction

    A D.C. federal judge said Thursday he was still "wrestling" over a requested preliminary injunction that would stop the federal government from terminating foreign assistance grants and contracts en masse, questioning plaintiff organizations on their assertions of standing and the government's claims of "unreviewable" executive power over foreign affairs.

  • March 06, 2025

    Federal Workers File Mass Challenges To Firings In Admin Court

    Federal workers who lost their jobs in the Trump administration's mid-February purge of the civil service have begun challenging their terminations through class action appeals to an administrative court, seeking the reinstatement of tens of thousands of probationary employees to about 20 federal agencies.

  • March 06, 2025

    Refugee Orgs. Move To Revive Axed Resettlement Contracts

    Two refugee resettlement agencies called on a Washington federal judge to issue another injunction after the Trump administration terminated all cooperative agreements with resettlement agencies just days after being barred from freezing funds for refugee services.

  • March 06, 2025

    NC Senate Passes Bill Targeting Immigrant Sanctuaries

    The North Carolina Senate has approved a Republican-backed bill which requires state agencies to sign cooperation agreements with federal immigration authorities and revokes immunity for municipalities and public universities facing lawsuits for adopting sanctuary policies.

  • March 06, 2025

    DOJ Says Groups Can't Win Immigration Legal Support Row

    The U.S. Department of Justice fired back at nonprofit groups' attempt to block the Trump administration from halting funding for four programs that give noncitizens access to basic legal information, saying the groups are unlikely to succeed in their challenge.

  • March 05, 2025

    NYC Can't Recoup $80M In FEMA Funds From Trump, For Now

    A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday refused to order the Trump administration to immediately return over $80.4 million in funds allocated to New York City to defray the costs of sheltering migrants, after the Biden-era money was clawed back without notice.

  • March 05, 2025

    Big City Mayors Testify Sanctuary Policies Keep Citizens Safe

    The mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City were grilled by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday during a daylong, oft-contentious hearing in which the city leaders were repeatedly interrupted by Republicans as they defended their cities' policies towards immigrants.

  • March 05, 2025

    Foreign Officials Aiding Illegal Migration To Face Visa Ban

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new visa restrictions Wednesday, saying any foreign officials — including immigration, customs and port authorities — who knowingly facilitate illegal immigration into the U.S. will be subject to the policy.

  • March 05, 2025

    Feds Say Refugee Funding Fight Belongs In Claims Court

    The U.S. Department of Justice told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday that any dispute over the termination of cooperative agreements with refugee resettlement organizations should be heard in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

  • March 05, 2025

    Religious Groups Fear Misuse Of Church Info In ICE Raid Suit

    Religious groups that secured a temporary court order barring federal officials from enforcing immigration laws at their places of worship asked a Maryland federal judge to safeguard information about their locations, saying they fear it could be misused.

  • March 05, 2025

    TPS Holders Can Stay Anonymous, Mass. Judge Says

    A Massachusetts federal judge said immigrants from Haiti and Venezuela suing to block the Trump administration from terminating their temporary protected status can proceed anonymously in the case, finding this to be an "exceptional" case that warrants litigation by pseudonym.

  • March 05, 2025

    High Court Allows Release Of Frozen USAID Foreign Aid

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a D.C. federal judge can require the Trump administration to release up to $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funding, but told the judge he must clarify the scope of the government's responsibility and ensure it has enough time to comply with any deadline. 

  • March 04, 2025

    Agencies Have 'Ultimate' Authority Over Firings, OPM Says

    The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday issued a revised version of its January memo directing agency heads to identify all probationary employees, adding a disclaimer that OPM "is not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions" and that agencies "have ultimate decision-making authority."

  • March 04, 2025

    'Remarkable Coincidence': Judge Blasts Refugee Cuts Timing

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday criticized the U.S. State Department for canceling resettlement contracts a day after he blocked President Donald Trump's sudden shutdown of the refugee entry program, saying he had concerns it was done to deliberately circumvent his court's ruling.

  • March 04, 2025

    FEMA's Ex-CFO Sues Over Firing Tied To Migrant Housing

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency's former chief financial officer alleged Tuesday in D.C. federal court that the agency unlawfully fired her, citing a U.S. Department of Homeland Security press release she said falsely and deliberately suggested that she engaged in criminal actions.

  • March 04, 2025

    Judge Says Flooring Co. Failed To Justify H-2B Worker Need

    A U.S. Department of Labor appeals board judge affirmed the denial of a Florida-based flooring company's application for 10 foreign workers to help with installations, ruling that it failed to establish a temporary employment need or a need for that number of workers.

  • March 04, 2025

    Court Can't Review Nix Of Venezuela Protected Status, DHS Says

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security told a California federal court it lacks authority to review a recent decision to scrap existing deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, and urged the court to reject a push to have it put on hold.

  • March 04, 2025

    USCIS Plans To Ask Noncitizens For Social Media Handles

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Tuesday that it plans to examine social media accounts of anyone trying to enter the country, as well as noncitizens applying for immigration benefits.

  • March 03, 2025

    USAID Leader Details Toll On 'Critical' Aid Under Trump

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has been "wholly prevented" from delivering "critical" lifesaving services around the world, and that will lead to preventable death, destabilization and threats to national security "on a massive scale," according to memos from an agency leader made public Monday.

  • March 03, 2025

    ICE Contractor Loses Immunity Bid In Family Separation Suit

    A California federal judge Monday largely denied a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor's attempt to escape litigation that a father and son brought against the transportation company for its role in a policy that separated them and thousands of other immigrant families during the first Trump administration.

  • March 03, 2025

    Trump Deportees Sue Panama To Stop Refoulement To Iran

    A group of asylum-seekers deported from the U.S. lodged a complaint at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, asking the tribunal to stop Panama from returning them to their home countries where they say they will face certain persecution.

  • March 03, 2025

    Catholic Charity Org. Sues HHS Over Frozen Refugee Funds

    Catholic Charities Fort Worth sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Monday, accusing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of illegally withholding more than $36 million in grant funding meant for resettling refugees in Texas.

  • March 03, 2025

    Trump's Refugee Shutdown 'Eviscerates' Law, Judge Says

    A Washington federal judge has further explained his decision to block President Donald Trump's sudden shutdown of the U.S. refugee entry program, saying the president's "America First" policy unlawfully "eviscerates" a plan approved by Congress decades ago.

  • March 03, 2025

    ACLU Sues To Halt Trump Admin Guantánamo Transfers

    The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court, seeking to halt the future transfer of noncitizens from the United States to Guantánamo Bay, which it said is being carried out in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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Expert Analysis

  • What To Do When ICE Shows Up At The Hospital

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    In light of recent executive orders and changes to enforcement directives permitting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to enter sensitive locations like hospitals, healthcare providers should understand how to balance compliance with existing health laws and patient care obligations, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Unpacking The Legal Foundation Of Trump's New Trade War

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    President Donald Trump's recent executive orders and proclamations regarding emergencies at the U.S. border are based on statutory powers enabling a president to address extraordinary external threats — and could be used to fend off legal challenges to the tariffs levied on Mexican and Canadian goods, says Chris Zona at Mandelbaum Barrett.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Drug Cartels' Terrorist Label Raises Litigation Risk For Cos.

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    President Donald Trump's planned designation of some Latin American drug-trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations creates an additional and little-noticed source of legal exposure: U.S. civil litigation risk involving terrorism claims by victims of those groups, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering

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    Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.

  • Birthright Order Denies 14th Amendment's Purpose, Origin

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    President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship invokes logic explicitly rejected by the framers of the 14th Amendment, demonstrating the administration's fundamental misunderstanding of the citizenship clauses' origins, jurisprudence, and impact on how Americans understand equality and national belonging, says Mauni Jalali at Quinn Emanuel.

  • A Look At Order Ending Federal Contractor Affirmative Action

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    To comply with President Donald Trump's executive order revoking affirmative action requirements in the next 90 days, federal contractors should focus on identification of protected groups, responsibilities of "diversity officer" positions and annual compliance reviews, says Jeremy Burkhart at Holland & Knight.

  • Series

    Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations

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    In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.

  • Trump's Day 1 Orders Augur Disruptions In Travel To US

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    While the orders President Donald Trump issued his first day in office didn't impose immediate entry bans as some speculated, they authorized greatly increased scrutiny of foreign nationals at U.S. consulates and ports of entry, and laid the groundwork for future actions that could significantly disrupt international travel, says Jennifer Kim at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Series

    Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

  • 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

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    In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.

  • The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024

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    Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

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    Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

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