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Civil rights groups have renewed a request for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a border security operation launched by the state of Texas, saying the expanding initiative has led to unconstitutional discrimination and due process violations… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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U.S. Supreme Court justices were skeptical of some red states’ strategy to revive a Trump-era rule that curbed low-income migrants’ access to green cards, questioning Wednesday if a Ninth Circuit case is the right vehicle to challenge the Biden administration’s abandonment of the rule… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a Fifth Circuit ruling that rebuked the Biden administration’s efforts to end a Trump-era policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are being processed… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Biden administration on Thursday reverted to a historical understanding of the term “public charge,” excluding noncash public benefits when determining if someone is dependent on the government and doing away with a Trump-era definition that penalized would-be immigrants who may use these benefits… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued guidance Monday axing a Trump-era standard that barred refugees from bringing their spouses to the U.S. if they couldn’t prove their marriages were recognized in the jurisdiction where they were performed… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 