Immigration

  • February 11, 2025

    Plant Nursery To Shell Out $2.5M In H-2A Wage Suit

    An operator of plant nurseries in California agreed to shell out $2.5 million in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that it coerced H-2A workers to quit in order to dodge the program's wage and hour requirements, the department said. 

  • February 11, 2025

    Iranian AI Experts Lose Challenge Over EB-2 Visa Delays

    A California federal judge has thrown out an attempt by Iranian experts in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to speed up delayed visa applications, finding that the delays of up to 20 months were reasonable given administrative backlogs and national security screening.

  • February 11, 2025

    Religious Groups Sue To Bar ICE Raids In Houses Of Worship

    A coalition of 27 Christian and Jewish religious organizations representing millions of congregants sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, alleging that immigration raids being conducted in houses of worship are a violation of the free exercise of religion.

  • February 11, 2025

    Bannon Cops To Fraud Scheme In Border Wall Case

    Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, pled guilty Tuesday to a single felony fraud scheme charge in New York state court as part of a deal with Manhattan prosecutors to avoid jail time in his "We Build The Wall" charity fraud case.

  • February 10, 2025

    Refugee Program In Peril With Suspension, Suit Warns

    A group of refugees and nonprofits sued President Donald Trump on Monday in Washington federal court for suspending the U.S. refugee program and withholding federal funding for refugee services, calling it "an unprecedented attack on refugee resettlement infrastructure."

  • February 10, 2025

    Feds Says Religious Groups Can't Show Harm From ICE Raids

    The Trump administration has urged a Maryland federal judge to reject religious groups' attempt to stop a new policy allowing immigration raids in places of worship, saying they have failed to show how they will be harmed by the policy change.

  • February 10, 2025

    Trump Buyout Plan Still On Hold As Unions Cite 'Confusion'

    A Boston federal judge on Monday extended his hold on President Donald Trump's federal worker buyout program as he weighs a request from unions to block the so-called Fork Directive, which promises months of pay to government employees who resign their posts.

  • February 10, 2025

    NM Judge Won't Let Feds Send 4 Venezuelans To Guantánamo

    A New Mexico federal judge barred the Trump administration from sending four Venezuelans being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Guantánamo after the detainees said they feared imminent transfer.

  • February 10, 2025

    Fragomen Opens Pittsburgh Shop With 6 Dentons Attys

    A team of six attorneys recently moved its immigration-focused practices from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby to help Fragomen open a new office in Pittsburgh, the firm announced Monday.

  • February 10, 2025

    Trump Admin Violating Order To Unfreeze Funds, Judge Says

    A Rhode Island federal judge ruled Monday the Trump administration is not complying with the court's temporary restraining order barring a freeze on funding for federal grants and programs, ordering the administration to immediately restore the frozen funds.

  • February 10, 2025

    NH Judge Latest To Block Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

    A third federal district judge has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, as a New Hampshire judge on Monday issued a preliminary injunction from the bench during an early morning hearing.

  • February 10, 2025

    Bannon To Plead Guilty In Border Wall Fraud Case, Avoid Jail

    Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon plans to plead guilty as part of a deal with New York state prosecutors to resolve fraud charges connected to fundraising for a U.S. southern border wall, allowing him to avoid any prison time, one of his lawyers said Monday.

  • February 07, 2025

    Fla. Gov. DeSantis Says State Officers Will Aid ICE Efforts

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday entered into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that he said empowers the state's Highway Patrol to interrogate certain non-U.S. citizens on their immigration status and execute arrest warrants for immigration violations, among other immigration officer duties.

  • February 07, 2025

    Trump Isn't Obeying Order To Unfreeze Funds, States Say

    The Trump administration is not complying with a temporary restraining order barring a freeze on funding for federal grant and aid programs, a coalition of states told a Rhode Island federal judge Friday, asking the court to enforce its order and to enter a stiffer injunction blocking the funding freeze.

  • February 07, 2025

    Attys Seek Guantánamo Access But Face Logistic Hurdles

    A coalition of immigrant and civil rights groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union requested immediate access Friday to noncitizens the Trump administration transferred to Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, but getting there will be another matter.

  • February 07, 2025

    Ariz. Immigration Enforcers Charge 565 Since Inauguration

    The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona said Friday that it has charged 565 people with "immigration-related crimes" in the two weeks since President Donald Trump took office.

  • February 07, 2025

    GEO Group Urges Full 9th Circ. To Weigh $23.2M Wage Case

    A Ninth Circuit panel decision holding GEO Group to Washington state's minimum wage standards discriminated against the federal government, the private prison giant argued, urging the full court to mull a case that has the company on the hook for $23.2 million.

  • February 07, 2025

    Trump Birthright Citizenship Order Faces Scrutiny In 3rd Court

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday appeared to question the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to limit birthright citizenship, considering whether to follow district courts in Washington state and Maryland in blocking the move.

  • February 07, 2025

    Dozens Of Nations Join ICC In Condemning Trump Sanctions

    The International Criminal Court and a group of 79 countries on Friday condemned President Donald Trump's decision to impose sanctions on the intergovernmental organization, with the ICC saying the move will "harm its independent and impartial judicial work."

  • February 07, 2025

    SF, Other Sanctuary Cities To Sue Trump Over Threats

    A nationwide coalition of sanctuary jurisdictions led by San Francisco plans to file a lawsuit Friday challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration's threats to defund these localities and prosecute officials.

  • February 07, 2025

    NJ Supreme Court Snapshot: Paterson Police, Immigrant Pay

    The New Jersey attorney general's takeover of the embattled Paterson police department and a dispute over how undocumented migrants are treated under the state's wage law are among the matters the Garden State high court recently agreed to tackle.

  • February 06, 2025

    On Heels Of Bondi Memo, DOJ Launches 1st Sanctuary Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice wasted no time lodging a suit on Thursday over local sanctuary policies, suing in Illinois federal court the day after Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in and hours after she halted department funding for sanctuary jurisdictions

  • February 06, 2025

    DHS Watchdog Says Ariz. Facilities Held Noncitizens Too Long

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog said U.S. Border Patrol facilities located around Tucson, Arizona, held noncitizens in detention longer than the 72-hour limit, leading it to recommend that the agency identify new strategies for managing delays.

  • February 06, 2025

    Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Plan Put On Hold

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday put on hold the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" program for federal employees, delaying the deadline for workers to accept the offer until Monday while the court weighs the legality of the move.

  • February 06, 2025

    Wash. Judge Latest To Halt Trump Birthright Citizenship Edict

    A Washington federal judge on Thursday became the latest judge to block President Donald Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship amid a legal challenge by four states, keeping enforcement on hold and calling out the president for trying to amend the U.S. Constitution "under the guise of an executive order."

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Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • What Day 1 Bondi Memos Mean For Corporate Compliance

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    After Attorney General Pam Bondi’s flurry of memos last week declaring new enforcement priorities on issues ranging from foreign bribery to diversity initiatives, companies must base their compliance programs on an understanding of their own core values and principles, says Hui Chen at CDE Advisors.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • What Employers Should Know For Next Round Of H-1B Filings

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    With the fiscal year 2026 H-1B visa period opening soon, employers should brush up on the registration and filing procedures, as well as organize applicable data, to ensure they are ready for this dynamic, multistep process, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • What To Do When ICE Shows Up At The Hospital

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    In light of recent executive orders and changes to enforcement directives permitting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to enter sensitive locations like hospitals, healthcare providers should understand how to balance compliance with existing health laws and patient care obligations, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Unpacking The Legal Foundation Of Trump's New Trade War

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    President Donald Trump's recent executive orders and proclamations regarding emergencies at the U.S. border are based on statutory powers enabling a president to address extraordinary external threats — and could be used to fend off legal challenges to the tariffs levied on Mexican and Canadian goods, says Chris Zona at Mandelbaum Barrett.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Drug Cartels' Terrorist Label Raises Litigation Risk For Cos.

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    President Donald Trump's planned designation of some Latin American drug-trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations creates an additional and little-noticed source of legal exposure: U.S. civil litigation risk involving terrorism claims by victims of those groups, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering

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    Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.

  • Birthright Order Denies 14th Amendment's Purpose, Origin

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    President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship invokes logic explicitly rejected by the framers of the 14th Amendment, demonstrating the administration's fundamental misunderstanding of the citizenship clauses' origins, jurisprudence, and impact on how Americans understand equality and national belonging, says Mauni Jalali at Quinn Emanuel.

  • A Look At Order Ending Federal Contractor Affirmative Action

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    To comply with President Donald Trump's executive order revoking affirmative action requirements in the next 90 days, federal contractors should focus on identification of protected groups, responsibilities of "diversity officer" positions and annual compliance reviews, says Jeremy Burkhart at Holland & Knight.

  • Series

    Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations

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    In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.

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