DOJ petitions Supreme Court to block order requesting DACA materials
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to block an order from Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California...
Florida Supreme Court allows governor to reassign death penalty cases
The Supreme Court of Florida on Thursday denied a petition by State Attorney Aramis Ayala challenging Governor Rick Scott's power to reassign her death penalty eligible cases. Ayala announced in March...
Conservation groups sue DHS for ignoring environmental impact of immigration
Several conservation groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accusing the agency of violating environmental law by neglecting the effects of unregulated immigration. The plaintiffs include public interest groups across...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition to rehear United States v. Texas , further stalling implementation of the Obama administration's immigration policy. The case represents a challenge to the administration's policy...
In Deciding DAPA Dispute, Will the Justices Reach Constitutional Questions?
JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the latest challenge to President Obama's immigration policy...Speculation about whether the US Supreme Court would wade into controversial issues involving immigration policy and presidential power—in an...
Obama administration appeals immigration ruling to Supreme Court
Lawyers for the Obama administration on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to uphold the president's changes to US immigration policy. Earlier this month the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ...
Federal appeals court grants immigrants additional bond hearings
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that more immigrants in detention should receive bond hearings and those held more than a year should get additional hearings. The court held that immigrants...
US rights commission criticizes immigrant detention facilities
The US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has issued a report criticizing the Obama administration's immigration detention facilities, stating that some "are not fully complying with detention standards regarding medical care, legal information and...
Federal judge orders release of immigrant children from detention centers
Judge Dolly Gee of the US District Court for the Central District of California on Friday upheld her July decision and ordered the government to release immigrant children held in family detention centers,...
Judge rules detention of immigrant children violates DOJ settlement
Judge Dolly Gee of the District Court for the Central District of California ruled Friday that the current Department of Justice (DOJ) method of detaining children with their mothers violates a 1997 court...
