Chertoff insists Obama must have plan before closing Guantanamo
US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff on Sunday told the BBC that before closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , President-elect Barack Obama must have a plan for dealing with the...
American Sociological Association, et al. v. Michael Chertoff, and Condoleezza Rice, US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, December 8, 2008 [ruling that the federal court may review a US consulate decision denying a non-immigrant visa to a controversial...
Federal court rules US decision to deny visa to South Africa scholar subject to review
The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Monday ruled that it has the authority to review a decision by the US consulate in South Africa that denied a visa to a...
Chertoff announces revised airline passenger screening regulations
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Wednesday issued a final rule setting out the details of his department's air passenger screening program . Under the Secure Flight Final Rule , responsibility for vetting the...
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to implement a new regulation that relaxes restrictions on issuing US visas to HIV-positive visitors. The regulation allows HIV-positive foreigners seeking to visit the US...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld as constitutional an Arizona law which revokes the business licenses of employers who hire illegal immigrants. Pro-immigration, business, and civil rights groups such...
US customs officials blame border fence delays on litigation and rising costs
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials on Wednesday told Congress that a 670-mile fence along the US-Mexican border is unlikely to be completed as planned by year's end because of cost...
Supreme Court rules in money laundering, paralegal fees recovery cases
The US Supreme Court handed down three decisions Monday, including United States v. Santos , where the Court held 7-2 that the term "proceeds" in a federal money laundering statute...
British resident at Guantanamo charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism: report
US military prosecutors Saturday charged the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay with conspiring to commit terrorism, according to British prisoners rights group Reprieve . Binyam Mohamed ,...
