Category: Courts

A growing number of reports show that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is moving detainees between facilities across the country without notice. These long-distance transfers are creating serious legal problems, leaving attorneys unable to represent their clients and families uncertain of their loved ones’ location. Here’s what’s happening, why it matters, and what clients should… Read More

Two major court cases have raised important questions about legal rights for immigrants and public benefits recipients. One ruling from the Supreme Court limits who can sue over Medicaid coverage. The other involves emergency deportations that courts are now reviewing for possible legal violations. SUPREME COURT BLOCKS MEDICAID LAWSUIT OVER PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACCESS What happened:… Read More

A federal appeals court in Washington has ruled that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unreasonably denied a group of investors’ petitions for EB-5 visas on the basis that their investment didn’t comply with the rules of the program.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has accepted the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) request to modify the court’s stay of its ruling that the agency invalidly issued its 2008 rule on STEM OPT (optional practical training for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). The court modified the stay to give… Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on a challenge to President Obama’s “Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA)” program, in U.S. v. Texas, No. 15-674. Most recently, in November 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld an injunction based on insufficient notice and opportunity… Read More