Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.; Somos America, v. Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform Inc., et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, September 17, 2008 [ruling that an Arizona law which revokes the business licenses of employers who...
Search Results for: illegal immigration
Former Gurkha soldiers make court challenge to UK immigration policy
Five former members of the Brigade of Gurkhas began arguments Tuesday in the High Court in London against an immigration policy that has precluded thousands of retired Nepalese members of the British Army from remaining...
Iowa AG brings child labor charges against meatpacking plant
Iowa's Attorney General's Office announced on Tuesday that it has filed a complaint against meatpacking company Agriprocessors Inc. and its top officials for 9,311 child labor law violations. The alleged violations...
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...
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has postponed implementation of a program to issue identification cards giving city residents access to government services without regard to immigration status. A mayoral spokesman said Thursday...
Dallas suburb faces lawsuit over ordinance targeting illegal immigrants
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenges the latest version of a Farmers Branch municipal ordinance which prohibits illegal immigrants from occupying leased property....
Italy to pay Libya $5b compensation for colonial rule as Berlusconi apologizes
The leaders of Italy and Libya Saturday signed a accord under which Italy pledged to invest $5 billion in Libya as compensation for its colonial rule over the north African state from 1911 to 1943....
US immigration authority abandons voluntary deportation program
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Friday abandoned a pilot program it created to allow certain illegal immigrants to coordinate their removal from the US with ICE without the risk of home...
Seventh Circuit rules use of immigrant documents in criminal trials constitutional
Judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday ruled that the use of specific documents from an illegal immigrant's alien-registration file during the immigrant's criminal trial is constitutional. The issue...
Fifth Circuit orders anti-Castro militant to stand trial for US immigration violations
The US Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles will stand trial in the US for alleged immigration violations, effectively blocking extradition efforts by Cuba...