A federal court next week is expected to consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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Read More »A federal judge in Chicago struck down a key immigration rule Monday that would deny green cards to immigrants who use food stamps or other public benefits, a blow to the Trump administration on the eve of the election.
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The biggest cases of the Supreme Court term so far have a surprising common thread.
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Read More »By ASTRID GALVAN The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a policy that protects immigrants who were brought to the country as children and allows them to work. The court on Thursday ruled President Donald Trump ...
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Read More »The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's bid to throw out a California immigrant-sanctuary law that restricts local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
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Read More »The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents.
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In a locked, guarded courtroom in a compound surrounded by razor wire, Immigration Judge Jerome Rothschild waits — and stalls.
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Read More »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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Milwaukee police arrested a man suspected of throwing battery acid on a Hispanic man who says his attacker asked him, "why did you come here and invade my country?"
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Read More »By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee upended the rules Thursday to advance a controversial immigration bill as chairman Lindsey Graham muscled through a detention bill that Democrats oppose. It’s one last ...
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Read More »The Supreme Court will decide whether President Donald Trump can end an Obama administration program shielding young immigrants from deportation.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a group of immigrants in a case about the government's power to detain them after they've committed crimes but finished their sentences.
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Read More »The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office will no longer share information about people detained in the jail with federal immigration officials.
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Read More »A network of U.S. cities and counties paying for lawyers to represent immigrants facing deportation in the wake of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is headed for an expansion.
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Read More »House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that "obviously" President Donald Trump can't end the constitutional right of birthright citizenship with an executive order, while saying he agrees with the president that "unchecked illegal immigration" needs to be dealt with.
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Read More »U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says deportation officers arrested 83 people in 14 Wisconsin counties over four days ending on Monday.
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Read More »A person accused of a crime in the United States has a constitutional right to a speedy trial. But if you find yourself waiting for a hearing at the nondescript office building that serves as the federal immigration court in Bloomington, justice may not be swift.
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Read More »A St. Paul baking company that closed down after an immigration audit is among nearly three dozen Minnesota businesses that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has targeted since President Donald Trump took office.
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The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government Tuesday over its efforts to prevent immigrants from seeking asylum due to domestic and gang violence in their home countries.
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Read More »A 40-year-old southern Arizona immigration and criminal defense lawyer faces federal charges of mail fraud and forgery of judicial signatures.
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Inside a small courtroom, a half-dozen immigrant teens and their families sat anxiously on wooden benches awaiting their immigration court hearing.
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Read More »President Donald Trump's hard-line stance on immigration took an unconstitutional turn on Sunday.
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President Donald Trump's reversal of a policy separating migrant families at the Mexico border sparked confusion over how the new guidelines will play out and deep concern that the changes don't go far enough, allowing children to still be held in detention even if they remain with their families.
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Read More »The U.S. government agency that oversees immigration applications is launching an office that will focus on identifying Americans who are suspected of cheating to get their citizenship and seek to strip them of it.
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Read More »Civil-rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday to try to stop plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, calling it an unconstitutional attempt to discriminate against immigrants.
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Read More »President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court.
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Read More »A federal judge on Tuesday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration's decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation.
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Read More »A Wisconsin Senate committee has passed a bill looking to end "sanctuary cities" that provide protections to immigrants living in the country illegally.
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Read More »The Waukesha County sheriff wants training for his deputies to perform the functions of immigration agents at his jail.
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Read More »The U.S. Department of Justice says Milwaukee County is in compliance with immigration law and won't lose federal grants.
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