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Last month, Pakistan’s caretaker government issued an ultimatum to all undocumented immigrants, including some 1.73 Afghan nationals: leave the country voluntarily, or face expulsion. The deadline was Nov. 1. Since the announcement, over 86,000 undocumented Afghan nationals, including women and children have returned to their country, presumably to avoid arrest. Pakistan, a country that hosts [...]

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The US Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a case concerning whether Congress waived the US’s sovereign immunity in civil lawsuits involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). In the case Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz, Reginald Kirtz argues that the court should hold the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) accountable [...]

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The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a group of Puerto Rico journalists who were seeking documents from the island’s financial oversight board, saying that the board is protected from such information requests by sovereign immunity. The case, Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, asked the court [...]

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The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday granted partial default judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran for failing to appear and defend itself against claims of aiding and abetting terrorists. The plaintiffs said that Iran provided “material support and resources to multiple terrorist organizations in Iraq and Afghanistan that perpetrated various [...]

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The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, a case which will determine if US district courts have subject matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions of foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities. First docketed May 17, 2022, the case originated from the criminal prosecution of the Turkish state-owned bank HalkBank by the [...]

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