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‘Jailhouse Screening’ Puts Undocumented Immigrants at Greater Risk: Paper

The Crime Report

immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. Jailhouse screening” was supposed to speed up immigration processes and identify undocumented immigrants who posed a threat to public safety.

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Guantanamo detainee loses bid to dismiss charges and disqualify judge over conflicts of interest

JURIST

Navy Captain named Kirk Waits presided over the commission before becoming the Deputy Director of the Navy Office of the Judge Advocate General Criminal Law Division of the Department of Defense. He had applied to other positions while still in his role overseeing the commission as well.

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US prosecutors arrest two Myanmar citizens for plot to attack UN ambassador

JURIST

US prosecutors announced Friday the arrest of two Myanmar citizens for a plot to injure or kill Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) who represents Myanmar’s elected government.

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EU dispatch: Greek neo-Nazi party appeal prompts bar association probe as lawyer makes Nazi salutes in court

JURIST

This came as a result of the party leveraging the deep economic crises of 2008 and 2012, scapegoating immigrants as the source of the Greek people’s woes. that as long as the relevant action took place during the trial, the court is obligated to proceed with the provisions of substantive and procedural criminal law.

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Health care fraud case sharpens dispute over what counts as “aggravated identity theft”

SCOTUSBlog

In three of the past four terms, the Supreme Court has rejected broad readings of white-collar criminal laws urged by the federal government. Those decisions concerned conduct ranging from wire and computer fraud to tax violations. A list of this week’s featured petitions is below: Momphard v. McCutchen v. United States.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

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Elevator pitch: FastVisa provides an immigration infrastructure for legal and nonprofits that allows for collaboration, efficiency, and transparency to the complex immigration. We empower them to do more with less in immigration. We help immigration legal and nonprofits develop, deliver, and optimize programs and services.

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2019 California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting

LegalTalkNetwork

During our time, we did a deep-dive on the various ways that court redress is closed off from citizens seeking relief against federal, state, and local governing bodies. CLA 2019 Annual Meeting: Recent Developments in Family Law. Morrison lecture series entitled Closing the Courthouse Doors.

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