US Immigration
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Unaccompanied minors arriving in increasing numbers at the southern U.S. border are likely to face a tough time finding legal representation and navigating an overwhelmed immigration court system that has no special procedures for handling their cases… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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President Joe Biden took aim at backlogs in immigration court proceedings and benefits processing for migrants in his proposal for the federal government’s fiscal year 2023 budget, asking U.S. Congress for hundreds of millions in additional funds to handle growing caseloads… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The target of a visa fraud sting run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot sue the federal government for breaching a contract to provide educational services through a fake university set up as part of the operation, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has ruled… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Immigration and environmental attorneys are increasingly banding together as advocacy groups on both the left and the right try to leverage environmental laws to influence immigration policy… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice announced Thursday that they will go ahead with implementing in stages a new rule authorizing asylum officers to decide some requests for protection at the U.S.-Mexico border, while continuing to seek more comment from the public… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 