US Immigration
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A federal court in Seattle on Thursday shot down a bid by three civil rights nonprofits aiming to force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release immigrants at a detention center in Washington state near the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A coalition of nongovernmental groups has alleged that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the National Archives and Records Administration violated the law by developing and approving a plan to destroy records about alleged mistreatment of immigrant detainees… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Florida’s legislature has approved a bill mandating that certain employers use the E-Verify system administered by the federal government to establish work authorization for prospective employees… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A First Circuit panel upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of a Brazilian man who sued for the return of his daughter after the child’s mother took her to the United States, but the appellate judges tweaked the order to avoid taking sides in a custody dispute between the parents… Read this piece in…
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services improperly retooled the H-1B guest worker program, a D.C. federal judge said Tuesday in a ruling that impacts dozens of suits lodged by information technology firms that are challenging the new standards for securing specialized worker visas… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 