Articles for Immigration Judge

What to expect as Mahmoud Khalil’s case heads to court
2 weeks, 1 day ago

What to expect as Mahmoud Khalil’s case heads to court

CNN  

CNN — When attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil enter the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York on Wednesday, they will have one mission in mind: to get their client, a Palestinian activist, released from an ICE facility in Louisiana and back to New York to be closer to legal counsel and family. Khalil’s lawyers argued in court documents his …

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Immigration judge behind series of controversial rulings contributed dozens of articles to 'open borders' website
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Immigration judge behind series of controversial rulings contributed dozens of articles to 'open borders' website

Daily Mail  

An immigration judge behind a series of controversial rulings has contributed dozens of articles to an 'open borders' website. Free Movement also briefs immigration advisers on how to make successful applications to the Home Office on behalf of their clients, and offers tips on case law which may help them win at appeal. Judge Pinder's rulings in the immigration tribunal …

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Judge blocks Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants in houses of worship—Here’s why
1 month ago

Judge blocks Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants in houses of worship—Here’s why

Live Mint  

A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Trump administration from conducting immigration enforcement actions at specific houses of worship for Quakers, Cooperative Baptists, and Sikhs, CBS News reported. “Where plaintiffs’ communal religious exercise will be significantly and adversely affected by reductions in attendance resulting from immigration enforcement actions pursuant to the 2025 policy, armed law enforcement officers operating in …

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Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

LA Times  

President Biden speaks with U.S. Border Patrol and local officials during a visit to the southern border in Brownsville, Texas, in February. A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential …

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Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

NPR  

Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed …

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ICE deports hundreds of immigrants including El Paso massacre survivor after judge blocks Biden freeze
4 years, 1 month ago

ICE deports hundreds of immigrants including El Paso massacre survivor after judge blocks Biden freeze

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On 26 January, Texas attorney general and Trump ally Ken Paxton successfully sued to …

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Judge asks Biden administration to clarify deportation pause order
4 years, 2 months ago

Judge asks Biden administration to clarify deportation pause order

CNN  

CNN — A federal judge in Texas on Monday asked the Biden administration to clarify its 100-day pause on deportations as he considers a lawsuit to block the moratorium. Over the weekend, Texas, which is suing the Biden administration, submitted a Fox News report to the court that cited an internal email instructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to “release …

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US judge orders ICE to free children in family detention
4 years, 9 months ago

US judge orders ICE to free children in family detention

Al Jazeera  

The judge says centres, where 124 children are being held with family, are ‘on fire’ amid the coronavirus pandemic. A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in US immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic. The order by US District Judge Dolly Gee applies to children …

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Judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions at US-Mexico border
5 years, 8 months ago

Judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions at US-Mexico border

Associated Press  

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop denying asylum to anyone who transits through another country to reach the U.S. border, marking the latest legal defeat for a president waging an all-out battle to stem the flow of migrants entering from Mexico. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco on Wednesday came hours …

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Asylum seekers waiting in Mexico seek to stay in US
6 years ago

Asylum seekers waiting in Mexico seek to stay in US

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Several asylum seekers who are being forced to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration court told a judge Tuesday that they are afraid to return to Mexico as they await their next hearing — a development that introduces a new wrinkle to a major U.S. policy shift. The seven cases being heard in …

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Judge blocks restrictions on who can apply for asylum
6 years, 3 months ago

Judge blocks restrictions on who can apply for asylum

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Trump administration policies that prevented immigrants who suffered gang violence or domestic abuse in their home countries from seeking asylum. The judge said the administration’s policy on asylum seekers violates federal immigration law and that “it is the will of Congress — not the whims of the executive” that sets the standards …

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Immigration judge removed from cases after perceived criticism of Jeff Sessions
6 years, 7 months ago

Immigration judge removed from cases after perceived criticism of Jeff Sessions

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Justice Department plans to take dozens of cases away from an immigration judge who has delayed deportation orders, in part for perceived criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the union representing immigration judges said Wednesday. CNN reported Tuesday that the Justice Department replaced Philadelphia Immigration Judge Steven Morley with an assistant chief immigration judge last month …

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Judge to rule on whether Huntington Beach immigration lawsuit can progress
6 years, 8 months ago

Judge to rule on whether Huntington Beach immigration lawsuit can progress

LA Times  

An Orange County Superior Court judge will rule next week on whether Huntington Beach’s lawsuit opposing California’s “sanctuary state” protections for undocumented immigrants can move forward this summer. City Attorney Michael Gates told Judge James Crandall in a conference Monday that the city’s lawsuit differs from the federal lawsuits because Huntington Beach is governed by a city charter rather than …

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Op-Ed: Deport, not court? The U.S. is already doing that
6 years, 8 months ago

Op-Ed: Deport, not court? The U.S. is already doing that

LA Times  

A Guatemalan father and son, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, are apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents on June 28 in San Diego. Finally, under a mechanism called administrative removal, noncitizens who are not lawful permanent residents — including valid visa holders, those with temporary protected status, or those enrolled in DACA — can be summarily deported if a …

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The Latest: Judge orders families reunited within 30 days
6 years, 9 months ago

The Latest: Judge orders families reunited within 30 days

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on immigrant parents and children separated at the U.S. border : 9:12 p.m. A judge in California has ordered U.S. border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days. ___ 2:15 p.m. Several dozen protesters gathered in North Carolina’s capital to demand that President Donald Trump’s administration swiftly reunite immigrant families separated at the border. …

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Judge orders release of activist awaiting deportation
7 years, 1 month ago

Judge orders release of activist awaiting deportation

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal judge, calling an imprisoned immigration rights activists’ treatment “unnecessarily cruel,” ordered his immediate release Monday and said people subject to deportation deserve “the freedom to say goodbye.” Applause erupted in a packed Manhattan courtroom after U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest announced prominent activist Ravi Ragbir must be freed. Ragbir’s wife, immigration attorney Amy Gottlieb, …

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Washington State Attorney General Sees Immigration Ban As Unconstitutional
8 years, 1 month ago

Washington State Attorney General Sees Immigration Ban As Unconstitutional

NPR  

Washington State Attorney General Sees Immigration Ban As Unconstitutional MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We'll start the program today with more on the temporary halt to President Trump's order barring people from seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the U.S. Last night, a federal court judge in Washington state granted a temporary restraining order on the president's ban. Bob Ferguson is the …

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Donald Trump's executive order on immigration and its immediate consequences, explained
8 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump's executive order on immigration and its immediate consequences, explained

ABC  

Actions speak louder than words and after more than a year of inflammatory rhetoric, US President Donald Trump has used executive orders to prove to those who put him in office that he will act on his controversial promises — and there were immediate consequences. White House officials briefing reporters have said green card holders who are stranded outside the …

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Detained immigrant mothers and children trapped in legal limbo
9 years, 7 months ago

Detained immigrant mothers and children trapped in legal limbo

LA Times  

Salvadoran and Guatemalan immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally board a bus after being released from a family detention center in San Antonio. The administration’s latest response came after U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles in late July in effect ordered the release of all children from family detention centers, as well as mothers not deemed flight or …

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Immigration judge: Death penalty cases in traffic court
10 years, 9 months ago

Immigration judge: Death penalty cases in traffic court

CNN  

Dana Leigh Marks has served as an immigration judge in San Francisco since 1987 and is president of the National Association of Immigration Judges. CNN Films’ “Documented” airs Sunday, June 29, at 9 p.m. Story highlights Dana Leigh Marks is an immigration judge In immigration courts, she says, there are often no lawyers for the accused Immigration judges have little …

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Australian man Dominic Bird acquitted of drug trafficking charges in Malaysia
11 years, 6 months ago

Australian man Dominic Bird acquitted of drug trafficking charges in Malaysia

ABC  

A Western Australian man who was facing the death penalty for drug trafficking in Malaysia has been acquitted and plans to return home as soon as today. Dominic "Jude" Bird, from the southern Perth suburb of Success, was arrested in March last year after allegedly trying to sell 167 grams of methamphetamine to an undercover police officer. "It was in …

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