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Trump Signs Executive Order Limiting Immigration

Elliot Setzer   Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 11:01 AM

President Trump signed an executive order on April 22 temporarily suspending immigration into the United States in response to the economic crisis caused by COVID-19. The proclamation halts the issuance of green cards for 60 days and applies to individuals who, as of its signing, are outside of the United States, do not have an immigrant visa and do not have official travel documents other than visas. The order contains a range of exceptions, including exemptions for health care professionals, immigrants already in the U.S. and those seeking temporary visas.

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Appeals Court Affirms Two Injunctions Against Trump Administration Asylum Policies

Mikhaila Fogel   Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 3:02 PM

On Feb. 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issues two rulings affirming nationwide injunctions against two Trump administration immigration policy. One ruling (Innovation Law Lab et al v. Chad Wolf et al) affirmed the injuction against the "Remain in Mexico" and the other (East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v.

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Livestream: House Committee on Homeland Security Assesses the Adequacy of DHS Efforts to Prevent Child Deaths in Custody

Hannah Kris   Tue, Jan 14, 2020, 12:03 PM

On Jan. 14, the House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing titled “Assessing the Adequacy of DHS Efforts to Prevent Child Deaths in Custody.” The Committee will hear testimony from Mr. Brian Hastings, Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Law Enforcement Operations, and Dr. Alex Eastman MD, MPH, FACS, FAEMS, Senior Medical Officer -- Operations of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office.

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District Court Rules Against Trump in Border Wall Case

Gordon Ahl   Fri, Oct 11, 2019, 2:46 PM

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas found President Trump’s proclamation declaring a national emergency at the southern border to be unlawful, ruling that the use of funds for this project violates the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The judge granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and called on them to file a “proposed preliminary injunction” specifying the scope of said injunction with ten days, after which the Trump administration is directed to respond.

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Supreme Court Stays Asylum Injunction: Signal on the Merits or Procedural Snag?

Peter Margulies   Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 11:14 AM

On Sept. 11, the Supreme Court stayed a preliminary injunction imposed by Judge Jon Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the third country asylum rule recently issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The rule would bar foreign nationals who cross the U.S.-Mexico border from receipt of U.S. asylum when they transit through a third country without applying for protection in that country.

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National Injunction Ordered for Trump Third Country Asylum Rule

Mikhaila Fogel   Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 10:20 AM

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has reinstated a nationwide ban on a Trump administration rule barring people at the southern border from seeking asylum unless they had previously done so in Mexico or another third country. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had previously ruled that the preliminary injunction against the rule was only enforceable within the Ninth Circuit.

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