Immigration

  • July 31, 2024

    Split 9th Circ. Won't Use New Law To Revive Trafficking Suit

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday refused to revive a human trafficking suit former Cambodian seafood factory workers launched against a Californian importer, saying a new law that expanded liability after the distributor's summary judgment win didn't apply retroactively.

  • July 31, 2024

    Nonprofits' Challenge To Texas' Migrant Transit Law Revived

    A Texas federal judge revived a claim from several nonprofits that sought to challenge a Texas executive order allowing state officers to pull over drivers suspected of transporting unauthorized migrants, finding that the court has jurisdiction over the nonprofits' supremacy clause claim.

  • July 31, 2024

    Texas Rancher Leads Suit Over Biden Admin Border Programs

    A Texas rancher and two Texas counties hit the Biden administration with a federal lawsuit Wednesday accusing it of issuing various immigration policies that run afoul of Congress' goal to have "zero illegal entries" at the Lone Star State's border.

  • July 31, 2024

    WH Reviewing Green Card Rule For Mixed-Status Families

    A new rule allowing certain foreigners who are married to U.S. citizens and their children to apply for green cards without leaving the United States is under review at the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

  • July 31, 2024

    Union Effort Underway At DOJ's Civil Rights Section

    Attorneys in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division are in the early stages of organizing a union, the union they're seeking to join confirmed Wednesday.

  • July 31, 2024

    5th Circ. Slams Injunction Against Texas In Buoy Fight

    The majority of the full Fifth Circuit ruled that a Texas federal court abused its discretion by ordering Texas to move a 1,000-foot buoy barrier meant to deter migrants in the Rio Grande to its own riverbank.

  • July 30, 2024

    Texas Border Buoy Trial Must Go On, Judge Says

    A Texas federal judge denied an attempt by Texas to stall an upcoming trial over the state's use of a buoy barrier meant to prevent illegal border crossings, saying in a Tuesday order that the state didn't explain why it had a "sudden emergency" that warranted a stay. 

  • July 30, 2024

    Split 9th Circ. Denies Removal Relief To Cartel Member's Son

    A split Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a longtime green card holder's bid for deportation relief, saying evidence that his cartel-member father abused him in the U.S. had no bearing on whether he would be harmed again in Mexico.

  • July 30, 2024

    4th Circ. Nixes Appeal Of Naturalization's Remand To Agency

    A Honduran citizen, facing delays to his naturalization application due to a 24-year-old removal order that was never executed, lost his bid to have a judge review his application when the Fourth Circuit ruled that a lower court's remand of the matter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services isn't ripe for a challenge.

  • July 30, 2024

    Judge OKs Deal Ending Asylum Seekers' Work Eligibility Suit

    A Washington federal court signed off Tuesday on a preliminary settlement resolving asylum seekers' claims that federal immigration agencies have forced them to wait longer than the 180-day waiting period to apply for work permits.

  • July 30, 2024

    NYC Loses Injunction Bid In Texas Migrant Busing Suit

    A New York state judge has denied New York City's bid to bar charter bus companies from transporting migrants from Texas, saying the state law the city leaned on is "essentially identical" to one the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in 1941.

  • July 30, 2024

    9th Circ. Says Migrant Fought For Hearing In Wrong Venue

    The Ninth Circuit said Monday a California federal court should not have granted a detained migrant's bid for a bond hearing because he filed it in the wrong place and did not name the proper parties, ruling for the first time that detained migrants face the same hurdles for such petitions as other detainees.

  • July 30, 2024

    Feds Must Maintain Center's EB-5 Status During Fee Dispute

    A Montana federal judge ordered U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to maintain a regional center's designation to participate in the EB-5 investor visa program while he reviews claims that the agency moved to terminate its designation without proper notice.

  • July 29, 2024

    NYC Prof And Purported Dissident A Chinese Spy, Jury Hears

    A New York academic and author secretly acted as an agent of the Chinese government in the United States, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday, betraying pro-democracy activists by feeding information to China's intelligence service.

  • July 29, 2024

    Split 11th Circ. Won't Revive Class Action Over USCIS Denials

    A split Eleventh Circuit panel on Monday backed the dismissal of claims from five immigrants given temporary protected status but later rejected for green cards, saying the court doesn't have jurisdiction to review U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services matters due to a precedential 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

  • July 29, 2024

    Immigration Orgs Ask DC Judge To Ax New Asylum Limits

    Immigration advocacy groups suing the Biden administration over new restrictions on asylum for migrants crossing the southern border told a D.C. federal judge that the policy is "flatly inconsistent" with federal asylum law and must be thrown out.

  • July 29, 2024

    MoneyGram Opposes CFPB, NY's 'Futile' Bid To Bolster Case

    MoneyGram told a New York federal judge that the state and federal regulators' bid to update their complaint against the remittance service is a "bad faith attempt" to "salvage" a case that should either be transferred to MoneyGram's home district of Texas or tossed entirely.

  • July 29, 2024

    Immigration Firm Wants Injunction In Trade Secret Fight

    A Washington-based immigration law firm is arguing that a Colombian ex-employee helped a Houston immigration law firm poach its offshore employees in Colombia and copy its business model for building a large-scale firm, and that the court must declare a preliminary injunction to stop "irreparable harm."

  • July 26, 2024

    Apple Commits To White House Guidelines For Responsible AI

    Apple Inc. has signed onto the Biden administration's voluntary guidelines for "responsible" artificial intelligence innovation, joining the likes of Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft Corp. and a dozen other leading tech companies, the White House announced Friday.

  • July 26, 2024

    Farmworkers' Children, Corteva Settle Pesticide Injury Claims

    Children of migrant farmworkers, Corteva Inc. and its subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. asked an Illinois federal judge Friday to greenlight their confidential settlement resolving claims that the children were injured when they were crop-dusted with pesticides during a corn-pruning operation.

  • July 26, 2024

    White House Offers Removal Relief For Lebanese

    The Biden administration on Friday offered deportation relief to certain Lebanese nationals in the U.S. as conditions in South Lebanon break down amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel.

  • July 26, 2024

    Feds Tell 9th Circ. Wash. ICE Inspection Law Rightly Blocked

    The federal government has inserted itself into the battle over a Washington state law allowing surprise inspections of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immigration detention center, telling the Ninth Circuit it was rightly blocked under the intergovernmental immunity doctrine.

  • July 26, 2024

    Ga. Judge Gives Initial OK To $1.2M Forced Labor Suit Deal

    A Georgia federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $1.2 million deal to settle allegations from Mexican engineers who claimed they were lured to the U.S. with false promises of high-paying jobs and then forced to do manual labor for low wages.

  • July 26, 2024

    7th Circ. Nixes Ex-Immigration Attorney's Appeal

    The Seventh Circuit nixed an appeal from a former immigration attorney found guilty of conspiring with clients, interpreters and employees to submit fabricated asylum applications, saying the lower court didn't err in its rulings about benefits the government provided to some witnesses.

  • July 25, 2024

    Iowa Says Blocking Its Immigration Law Flouts High Court

    Iowa told the Eighth Circuit on Thursday that a federal judge contorted U.S. Supreme Court precedent by granting the Biden administration's request to block a law criminalizing previously deported noncitizens' entry into the state.

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Expert Analysis

  • How New Lawyers Can Leverage Feedback For Growth

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    Embracing constructive criticism as a tool for success can help new lawyers accelerate their professional growth and law firms build a culture of continuous improvement, says Katie Aldrich at Fringe Professional Development.

  • Opinion

    Time To End Double Standard On Kids' Green Cards

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    Recent changes to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rules have helped many children qualify for green cards, but the government's failure to extend these changes to consular processing unfairly leaves out children stuck abroad who need visas to join their parents in the U.S., says Edward Ramos at Kurzban Kurzban.

  • Twitter Legal Fees Suit Offers Crash Course In Billing Ethics

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    X Corp.'s suit alleging that Wachtell grossly inflated its fees in the final days of Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition provides a case study in how firms should protect their reputations by hewing to ethical billing practices and the high standards for professional conduct that govern attorney-client relationships, says Lourdes Fuentes at Karta Legal.

  • Litigation Can Facilitate EB-5 Investor Visa Determinations

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    Processing times in the EB-5 investor visa program continue to rise, but filing a mandamus claim in the right venue against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may offer applicants mired in delay a means to expedite processing, says Mark Stevens at Clark Hill.

  • 3rd Circ. Ruling Fine-Tunes The 'But It's Hemp' Defense

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    The Third Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Rivera decision, upholding the appellant’s conviction for marijuana possession, clarifies that defendants charged with trafficking marijuana have the burden of proving that the cannabis is actually federally legal hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill, say attorneys at McGlinchey Stafford.

  • ABA's Money-Laundering Resolution Is A Balancing Act

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    While the American Bar Association’s recently passed resolution recognizes a lawyer's duty to discontinue representation that could facilitate money laundering and other fraudulent activity, it preserves, at least for now, the delicate balance of judicial, state-based regulation of the legal profession and the sanctity of the attorney-client relationship, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Law Firm Professional Development Steps To Thrive In AI Era

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    As generative artificial intelligence tools rapidly evolve, professional development leaders are instrumental in preparing law firms for the paradigm shifts ahead, and should consider three strategies to help empower legal talent with the skills required to succeed in an increasingly complex technological landscape, say Steve Gluckman and Anusia Gillespie at SkillBurst Interactive.

  • The Basics Of Being A Knowledge Management Attorney

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    Michael Lehet at Ogletree Deakins discusses the role of knowledge management attorneys at law firms, the common tasks they perform and practical tips for lawyers who may be considering becoming one.

  • To Hire And Keep Top Talent, Think Beyond Compensation

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    Firms seeking to appeal to sophisticated clients and top-level partners should promote mentorship, ensure that attorneys from diverse backgrounds feel valued, and clarify policies about at-home work, says Patrick Moya at Quaero Group.

  • USCIS Can Take On The Semiconductor Workforce Gap Now

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    While the semiconductor industry is calling for legislative change to immigration policy so it can fill more jobs, there are simpler actions that the current administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services leadership can take in the meantime, says Adam Rosen at Murthy Law Firm.

  • Perspectives

    More States Should Join Effort To Close Legal Services Gap

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    Colorado is the most recent state to allow other types of legal providers, not just attorneys, to offer specific services in certain circumstances — and more states should rethink the century-old assumptions that shape our current regulatory rules, say Natalie Anne Knowlton and Janet Drobinske at the University of Denver.

  • Identifying Trends And Tips In Litigation Financing Disclosure

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    Growing interest and controversy in litigation financing raise several salient concerns, but exploring recent compelled disclosure trends from courts around the country can help practitioners further their clients' interests, say Sean Callagy and Samuel Sokolsky at Arnold & Porter.

  • Opinion

    OFAC Designation Prosecutions Are Constitutionally Suspect

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    Criminal prosecutions based on the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s sanctions-related listing decisions — made with nearly unfettered discretion through an opaque process — present several constitutional issues, so it is imperative that courts recognize additional rights of review, say Solomon Shinerock and Annika Conrad at Lewis Baach.

  • Series

    The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Elrod On 'Jury Duty'

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    Though the mockumentary series “Jury Duty” features purposely outrageous characters, it offers a solemn lesson about the simple but brilliant design of the right to trial by jury, with an unwitting protagonist who even John Adams may have welcomed as an impartial foreperson, says Fifth Circuit Judge Jennifer Elrod.

  • 4 Business-Building Strategies For Introvert Attorneys

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    Introverted lawyers can build client bases to rival their extroverted peers’ by adapting time-tested strategies for business development that can work for any personality — such as claiming a niche, networking for maximum impact, drawing on existing contacts and more, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

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