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Election-year clash on immigration heads to Supreme Court (UPDATE)
The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into a boiling political dispute over immigration Tuesday, setting up a likely decision in the middle of a presidential campaign marked by harsh rhetoric about immigrants.
Appeals court delivers setback to Obama’s immigration plan
A federal appeals court has ruled against President Barack Obama's plan to protect an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally from deportation.
Appeals court sets April hearing on Obama immigration action
A court hearing has been set for April 17 on whether a temporary hold on President Barack Obama's immigration executive action should be lifted, a federal appeals court announced Tuesday.
States say Obama administration misled judge on immigration
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.
House GOP moves toward possible lawsuit on immigration
House Republicans are moving toward a vote authorizing legal action against President Barack Obama over his executive actions on immigration.
Immigration, gay marriage and a nation’s change
On a bright New Year's Day in 2010, a small group of immigrants including a young couple in love laced up donated sneakers for a 1,500-mile march from Miami to Washington.
Wisconsin joins multistate immigration lawsuit
Wisconsin has joined 16 other states in a joint lawsuit seeking to block President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration.
Immigration case questions status of ‘aged-out’ child applicants
At oral arguments Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court scrutinized the language of federal immigration statutes to determine whether a visa applicant’s child who ages out of automatic eligibility while waiting in the queue for available visas must go to the back of the line.
Attorneys lay out immigration reform wish list
When congressional lawmakers return from the summer recess Monday, they could decide to take up an issue that has stalled in Washington for decades: immigration reform.
Lawyers cautiously cheer immigration reform plan
President Barack Obama and members of Congress have turned their attention to immigration reform, unveiling their ideas on how to overhaul the federal immigration system for the first time in 27 years.
JD on hold, a life in limbo
In 2009, when Sergio Garcia thought his future was assured, a question jumped off the page of the moral character questionnaire for his bar application: “Are you a U.S. Citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or what is your status?”
Challenges ahead for US Supreme Court-whittled immigration law
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down three of four challenged provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law – and essentially inviting future challenges to the remaining part of the statute – has lawyers prepared for a flurry of litigation in Arizona and other states with similar measures.
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- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- 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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