Felony Immigration Litigating 
JURIST
JANUARY 3, 2024
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.
The Volokh Conspiracy
JULY 4, 2025
Man with two Ohio felony convictions from the early 1990s turns his life around, gets a Ph.D., Only people who have undergone certain training are allowed to make civil immigration arrests, and the marshals haven't done that. Man files a class action, arguing that the marshals acted outside their authority. Circuit : Just so.
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Broadcast Law Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
According to Politico , Ted Cruz’ campaign has demanded that TV stations pull certain PAC ads which he claims distort his voting record on immigration issues. Instead, these issues are most likely to be litigated, if at all, in the courtroom. This kind of claim from a political candidate about the unfairness of attack ads is common.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
There is nothing unlawful about conveying individuals who are lawfully in the country pending their immigration hearings. While civil litigation is ongoing, the supposedly clear criminal charges have not been brought by Democratic prosecutors clearly motivated to do so.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 24, 2023
Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” Pugin pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to a felony, while Cordero-Garcia was convicted of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 19, 2024
All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. Ordinarily, under the so-called “American Rule,” each litigant pays its own attorney’s fees, whether it wins or loses. Amina Bouarfa, a U.S. citizen children.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 26, 2021
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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