Walker: No state action needed on refugee’s lawsuit
Gov. Scott Walker says state attorneys shouldn't intervene in a Syrian refugee's lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban.
Syrian refugee sues over travel ban
A Syrian refugee living in Dane County has filed a federal lawsuit alleging President Donald Trump's executive order halting immigration from seven countries is unconstitutional.
US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s travel ban nationwide
A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a nationwide hold on President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country.
Trump’s immigration order faces mounting legal questions
The legal fight over President Donald Trump's ban on refugees is likely to turn on questions of a president's authority to control America's borders and on whether the new immigration policy unconstitutionally discriminates against Muslims.
Immigration ban calls attorneys to action
When Milwaukee immigration attorney Kime Abduli heard about President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration from certain Muslim countries, she wasn't content to sit by passively and let others deal with the fallout.
Schimel won’t say whether he’ll sue over immigration ban
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel isn’t saying whether he might challenge President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions or whether he supports them. Schimel, a Republican, said during a news conference Monday that he would consider legal action if he felt Trump overreached his constitutional authority or the policy has what Schimel called […]
Trump denies immigration restriction is ‘a Muslim ban’
President Donald Trump is vigorously defending his immigration restrictions, as protests spread throughout the country, saying "this is about terror and keeping our country safe."
Obama immigration plan blocked by tie at US Supreme Court
A tie vote by the U.S. Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions of people living in the U.S. illegally from deportation.
Feds arrest 39 as part of multi-state immigration sweep
Federal authorities have arrested nearly three dozen people in Wisconsin as part of a multi-state sweep targeting immigrants living illegally in the U.S. previously convicted of crimes and other immigration violators.
US justices hear dispute over Obama immigration actions
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up an important dispute over immigration that could affect millions of people who are living in the country illegally.
Feds charge man in 7-state immigration scam
Federal authorities charged a Sacramento, Calif., man Thursday with running what they called an unusually creative scam that promised U.S. citizenships to hundreds of immigrants across at least seven states in return for fees as high as $10,000.
Legal News
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- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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