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Lawyers: Immigration court system is ‘red tape gone crazy’

January 17, 2020 10:58 am Leave a comment

Tucked in a windowless room of Chicago's immigration court, one of the nation's largest legal-advocacy groups for immigrants runs a free help desk.

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High court nixes periodic hearings for detained immigrants

February 27, 2018 2:58 pm Leave a comment

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that immigrants the government has detained and is considering deporting aren't entitled by law to periodic hearings on whether they should be released on bond.

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Q&A: A look at most recent travel ban rulings

October 23, 2017 1:56 pm Leave a comment

So far, the third time isn't the charm for President Donald Trump's travel ban.

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Appeals court deals blow to Trump administration travel ban

May 25, 2017 1:37 pm Leave a comment

A federal appeals court dealt another blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting six-Muslim majority countries on Thursday, siding with groups that say the policy illegally targets Muslims.

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Volunteers usher US immigrants to court to allay their fears

April 25, 2017 9:28 am Leave a comment

In this Tuesday, April 11, 2017, photo, Sarah Gozalo, center left, and Marisa Lohse, center right, of the New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC, review the Application for Asylum of Joselin Marroquin-Torres, left, before her appearance in federal immigration court in New York. Volunteers are stepping up to accompany people living in the United States illegally to court hearings and meetings with immigration officials in New York, New Mexico and elsewhere, with the goal of guiding them through what’s often an intimidating process. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

When Salvadoran immigrant Joselin Marroquin-Torres became flustered in front of a federal immigration judge in New York and forgot to give her asylum application, a woman she had just met stood up to provide it.

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Milwaukee County among places Justice Dept. threatens in immigration fight

April 21, 2017 4:32 pm Leave a comment

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, a woman holds a sign at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco. The Trump administration is moving beyond rhetoric in its effort to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The Justice Department is forcing nine communities to prove they are complying with an immigration law to continue receiving coveted law enforcement grant money. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

The Trump administration intensified its threats to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities, warning nine jurisdictions Friday that they may lose coveted law-enforcement grant money unless they document cooperation.

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Sheboygan council rejects immigration resolution (UPDATE)

March 21, 2017 2:01 pm Leave a comment

The Sheboygan Common Council has defeated a contentious resolution that would have authorized police to detain people with whom they come in contact if the individuals couldn't provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

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Trump expedites visas for family of Syrian in Wisconsin

March 20, 2017 11:09 am Leave a comment

President Donald Trump's administration says it's expediting a Syrian man's applications to bring his wife and daughter to Wisconsin in the face of a federal lawsuit.

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Trump administration fights Syrian’s travel ban lawsuit

March 17, 2017 11:18 am Leave a comment

A federal judge should let President Donald Trump's travel ban apply to a Syrian family trying to relocate to Wisconsin, U.S. Justice Department attorneys argue in a new court filing.

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Federal judge puts Trump travel ban on hold

March 15, 2017 6:27 pm Leave a comment

Hours before it was to take effect, President Donald Trump's revised travel ban was put on hold Wednesday by a federal judge in Hawaii after hearing arguments that the executive order discriminates on the basis of nationality.

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Judge exempts Syrian family from Trump ban

March 10, 2017 11:13 pm Leave a comment

A Syrian refugee trying to bring his family to Wisconsin renewed his challenge of President Donald Trump's travel ban in federal court Friday, arguing the new order is clearly anti-Muslim and just as illegal as the president's first travel ban.

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Immigrant advocates plan legal clinics this weekend

March 3, 2017 12:27 pm Leave a comment

Milwaukee immigrant advocates and the Mexican consulate are planning legal clinics across Wisconsin in light of the Trump administration's call for stronger immigration enforcement.

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US judge declines to undo government order on green cards

October 7, 2015 3:33 pm Leave a comment

A federal judge declined to issue an emergency order Wednesday that would allow tens of thousands of highly skilled immigrants to immediately apply to become permanent residents, as the government initially told them they could.

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States say Obama administration misled judge on immigration

March 8, 2015 9:25 am Leave a comment

A coalition of states -- including Wisconsin -- suing to stop President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration alleges the government misled a judge about not implementing part of the plan before the judge temporarily halted it.

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