Law
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday nixed a ruling that had held up $3.6 billion in defense dollars for border wall construction, rejecting environmental advocates’ arguments that the high court need not weigh in because the White House had axed the Trump-era project… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that it has revamped its guidance for immigration enforcement officials, introducing a case-by-case analysis to determine whether an individual should be targeted for removal… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A border-focused law enforcement initiative launched by Texas earlier this year suffered setbacks in a state court on Tuesday, with prosecutors agreeing to release dozens of immigrants being held in state custody and to completely drop charges against two of them… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Democratic lawmakers promised to keep trying to create a pathway to legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants after the U.S. Senate parliamentarian on Wednesday rejected a revamped plan to include immigration proposals in a multitrillion-dollar budget package… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A trio of construction and trucking groups sued the U.S. Department of Labor on Monday, claiming in federal court it violated the Davis-Bacon Act when it used wage data from southern Nevada to establish prevailing wage rates in the north of the state… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 