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US DOJ sues Texas over state law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

The law creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. It also empowers state magistrate judges to hear immigration cases and issue removal orders, in addition to giving law enforcement the responsibility of ensuring compliance with the law. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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Court to decide requirements for noncitizens defending against federal prosecution for criminal re-entry

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1326 , they must prove the existence of a prior removal order adjudicated by a federal immigration agency. Refugio Palomar-Santiago’s case illustrates two broader themes: first, the various interactions between the civil immigration and criminal legal systems, and second, the ongoing complexity of the immigration laws.

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The ‘Unexamined Law of Deportation’

The Crime Report

But a Stanford University researcher argues that basing deportation decisions of immigrants on the level of criminality without looking at the length of time they have been in the U.S. disrupts families and turns immigration services into a vehicle for crime control. longer, they are disrupting families with stronger ties to the U.S.,

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.)

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No. and non-U.S. 17cv1215, 17cv1873, 17cv1911 (S.D.

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Can We Bet on Trump Sticking Around for Prosecution?

The Crime Report

This bargain had apparently involved dropping two of three felonies, but had not included an agreement on the sentence. Donald Trump will be convicted on numerous felony charges. That’s where the suspense will lie as we watch daily reports of the Trump litigation. and he was not noted for his attention span.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

SCOTUSBlog

Her mother hails from Jamaica, while her late father was the son of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. attorney in Los Angeles and a second summer as a summer associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson. The commission’s members included Kamala Harris, then the state’s attorney general and now the vice president of the United States.

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