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A federal court in Massachusetts ordered on Friday that Tufts University doctoral student, Rumeysa Ozturk, not be removed from the US until the court has had an opportunity to determine whether it has subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case. Judge Denise Casper noted precedents confirming that the court has the authority “to preserve its [...]

A second federal court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting yet another law firm — Jenner & Block LLP. This order comes the same day Judge Richard Leon of the same federal court blocked Trump’s executive order targeting Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale). Judge John Bates has granted a [...]

There’s much talk these days about democracy being under threat at home and around the world. Most of this discussion tends to be focused on efforts by autocrats and their supporters to erode the rule of law and the right to vote; their adoption of policies that discriminate against minorities and women; and their use [...]

Federal authorities arrested and detained Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk on Tuesday in Medford, Massachusetts. Ozturk is a Turkish national on an F-1 visa, which allows her to study in the US. Footage of the arrest shows unidentified officers with their faces covered apprehending Ozturk as she walks down the street. They identified themselves [...]

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 592 on Tuesday “to end the failed reform social experiment in New Hampshire.” The bill rolls back some of the reforms made to the bail setting process over the years and increases the length of time police can detain a suspect without bail. Specifically, the bill permits [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday granted a request for a temporary restraining order to stop efforts to deport a 21-year-old Columbia University student who had participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. US District Judge for the Southern District of New York Naomi Reice Buchwald signed the order, preventing Yunseo Chung from being arrested or [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday criticized the unlawful expulsion of 238 Venezuelan nationals from the United States to El Salvador, saying the action endangers their lives. The expulsion contravenes a court order, which barred removal of the Venezuelans. In response to the deportation in defiance of the court’s decision, Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International, [...]

A group of academic associations filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the administration of US President Donald Trump of pursuing an illegal “ideological-deportation policy” targeting non-citizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestine protests. The move comes amid broad efforts by the Trump administration to reshape US policy related to education, immigration, law enforcement, and [...]

The chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, James Boasberg, issued an opinion on Monday, denying the Trump administration’s request to lift the two-week deportation ban on Venezuelans. He stated: “There is…a strong public interest in preventing the mistaken deportation of people based on categories they have no right to [...]

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on Friday confirmed cuts to DHS oversight offices, including the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, in the newest round of government layoffs under the Trump administration. In text messages confirming the cuts to Bloomberg News, McLaughlin [...]