Foreign Policy and National Security
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A California federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reopen a hotline for detained immigrants to report abuse while a lawsuit plays out over whether the government wrongfully cut off the hotline after it appeared in the Netflix show “Orange Is the New Black”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The White House has weighed in on the side of a New Jersey county challenging the state attorney general’s “sanctuary” directive last year that barred law enforcement agencies from sharing certain information with federal immigration authorities, calling the measure unconstitutional… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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After the Trump administration sued Thursday to block a private group from building a wall-like structure along the U.S.-Mexico border, a Texas federal court ordered construction temporarily halted, saying it might run afoul of agreements between the two countries… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Massachusetts attorney will have his license temporarily yanked after a state appeals court on Monday agreed with previous findings that he hadn’t fulfilled his duties to clients, including one who got detained by immigration authorities after taking the lawyer’s advice… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A former president of a nuclear logistics company was found guilty of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by fraudulently securing transportation contracts from a Russian uranium supplier, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 