US to review releases of criminal immigrants
Government lawyers will review how the Obama administration releases some criminal immigrants facing deportation, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told Congress on Wednesday.
Lawyers await Padilla retroactivity ruling
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that the Sixth Amendment requires criminal defense attorneys to warn noncitizen clients if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation, the justices are poised to decide just how far back that constitutional protection extends.
US Supreme Court: Immigrants can be deported for filing false tax return
Resident aliens committed a deportable offense by filing a false tax return that resulted in the federal government sustaining a loss in revenue in excess of $10,000, the U.S Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision.
US Supreme Court takes up debate over immigration deportation rule
In a debate that involved dueling federal statutes and immigration case law, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court questioned whether a permanent resident may seek discretionary relief from removal based on a conviction where he did not depart and reenter the United States.
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- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
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