US Immigration
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The Trump administration still hasn’t reunited more than two dozen migrant children who were separated from their parents in detention, more than a year after a California federal judge ordered the government to reunify the families and stop the practice, according to a joint status report… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A unit of C&J Energy Services Inc. will pay $2.1 million and submit to special monitoring to end a criminal case that charged the Houston-based oilfield company with contributing to a worker’s death by ignoring workplace safety regulations, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An Indian citizen lost a bid for asylum on Tuesday when the Ninth Circuit ruled he hadn’t adequately shown that his fear of retribution if he were sent back to India stems from his protected opposition to police corruption in his home country… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The union representing U.S. immigration judges called on the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday to “take immediate and corrective action” in response to a newsletter the judges received that contained a link to a blog post the union described as anti-Semitic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The city of Los Angeles asked a California federal court on Wednesday to block the Trump administration from forcing communities to partner with the federal government on immigration enforcement as a condition for qualifying for certain U.S. Department of Justice funding grants… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 