The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A federal jury in Washington state found the Florida-based GEO Group, one of the largest private prison providers in the country and operator of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma since 2005, took excessive profits by paying immigrant detainees below the federal minimum wage.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 16, 2021

A Florida man who posed as an immigration attorney has been sentenced to 20 years and nine months in federal prison. In December, Elvis Harold…

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In its filing, the Southern Poverty Law Center claims that Florida has--in effect--developed an illegal system of parallel immigration enforcement that usurps the federal government's authority over immigration enforcement matters.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

Here’s the Thursday morning read: States seek Supreme Court intervention on smog plan split (Sean Reilly, E&E News) Supreme Court’s approval rating ticks up, poll shows (Olivia Alafriz, Politico) Texas immigration controversy rekindles fight over Arizona’s ‘show me your papers’ law (Devan Cole, CNN) Florida man sentenced to prison for threatening (..)

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A South Florida-based criminal defense and civil litigation attorney, Caesar Chukwuma is an expert at capitalizing on trends. A San Diego-based immigration attorney, Jacob Sapochnick has mastered the art of leveraging social media for marketing his practice. Caesar Chukwuma @iamcaez. Jacob Sapochnick @sdimmigrationlawyer.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Publicly elected sheriffs shouldn't be deputized into enforcing federal immigration laws so why should they be enforcing federal gun laws? [ Reuters ] * Delaware chancery tosses dingbat investor suit against Disney claiming the company's mild disapproval of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" effort harmed shareholders.

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Above The Law

JUNE 6, 2023

New Yorker ] * Florida lawmakers desperately trying to convince immigrants to stop leaving the state and that the tough anti-immigrant law was just for show. [ Law360 ] * Coinbase must have thought it dodged a bullet after Binance, but it only took an extra day for the SEC to come around for them too. Just a thought. [

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The lawsuit claims that the Biden administration's so-called "catch and release" policy costs or will cost Florida millions of dollars per year.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

DeSantis and other Florida officials promised the migrants jobs and assistance if they agreed to be blown to another state--only to leave them in Martha's Vineyard without any resources whatsoever. The lawsuit alleges that Gov.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In the case, Timothy Smith was indicted by the government for hacking a Florida company. Smith was tried in Florida, but he argued that the venue was improper because he lives in Alabama. Even if he could correctly be tried in Florida, Smith argued he was tried in the wrong district court.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

District Judge Beth Bloom has struck down parts of a Florida law aimed at banning local governments from establishing sanctuary city policies, arguing in part that the law is racially motivated and that it has the support of hate groups, reports Axios. Bloom said the law, signed and championed by Gov.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 27, 2022

JT Law is now a three-partner firm that handles insurance, civil litigation and immigration cases in Florida, New York and New Jersey. After beginning his litigation career as an assistant state’s attorney and as an insurance defense attorney, in 2019 John Tolley decided to form his own firm, JT Law.

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JURIST

JANUARY 28, 2022

The US Department of Justice announced on January 20 that a Florida man, Steve Shands, was arrested after being stopped driving a van with undocumented Indian nationals in Minnesota one mile south of the Canadian border. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have stated that the Patels were likely brought to the border by human smugglers.

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Above The Law

MAY 3, 2023

Particularly if that man is the governor of Florida. One man's human trafficking is another man's "unauthorized alien transport program." The post FL Lege Allocates $12 Million For DeSantis To Kidnap More Migrants appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Synopsis: An attorney may withdraw from representation, with the permission of the Immigration Court, based on fear of contracting COVID-19 as a result of in-person appearances in the proceeding, where such fear renders it difficult for the attorney to carry out the representation effectively. Issues addressed: Working out of state.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But Congress, seeking to reduce the second-guessing of immigration officials, has foreclosed judicial review of purely “discretionary” immigration decisions. A federal district court in Florida dismissed her claim. If their petition is denied, they might seek to appeal that decision in federal court.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Gun possession and immigration status. Florida , Patrick Huff claims that a circuit split has emerged as to whether a court must apply Waller when a state has a statute governing courtroom closures. 18 U.S.C. § In his petition in Huff v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2021

Below is a brief summary: Florida v. Georgia : The long-standing dispute between Florida and Georgia involves the rights to the water in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two other cases. Ventura , 537 U.S.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Federal asylum offices in Florida, where migrants register while awaiting asylum hearings, got the largest share of asylum seekers, about 45 percent of the national total of 43,289 applications between January and March of this year. Only about 60 people a week use buses provided by Arizona to reach areas near Washington, D.C.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 3, 2022

For example, in 20 states, — including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wyoming — a pardon offers the only way to regain firearms rights lost because of a past conviction. Put simply, a pardon is a powerful sign of “official forgiveness,” that can help someone get their life back on track.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Williams’ lawsuit was transferred, along with other similar cases involving Zantac, to a federal district court in Florida. Witte 23-251 Issue : Whether a habeas action brought to challenge civil immigration detention qualifies as “any civil action” within the meaning of the Equal Access to Justice Act. KPFF Investment, Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2021

In 2016, an attacker who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State shot and killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Mass shooters motivated by white supremacist and anti-immigrant ideologies have also used concealable firearms in successful attacks. soil since Sept.

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LawSites

AUGUST 22, 2023

Errick said that in McCormack’s vision and competitive spirit, he sees parallels to other innovative and entrepreneurial organizations he has worked for or with, such as Fastcase, The Florida Bar and the American Immigration Law Association.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2024

Garland , 23-913 Issue : Whether the crime of receiving stolen property constitutes a “crime involving moral turpitude” under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Florida and Moore v. (relisted after the June 20 conference) Solis-Flores v. relisted after the June 20 conference) Velazquez v. Smith , 23-167 Issues : (1) Whether Hall v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that civil immigration detainees employed in private facilities must be treated as legal employees and are thus entitled to the minimum wage stipulated by the state. The post Washington State Supreme Court rules immigration detainees entitled to minimum wage appeared first on JURIST - News.

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LegalReader

MARCH 21, 2022

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), author of the Rescue America plan, thinks you should know what he'd like to do to the country. And so you should!

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LegalTalkNetwork

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Ramón Abadin, immediate past president to The Florida Bar, and Stephen Embry of Frost Brown Todd LLC join host Adriana Linares to discuss why attorneys need to attend conferences despite the time and expense. Integration with Immigration Forms Solution PrimaFacie. How Cons Can Improve Your Practice.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

Texas that Texas and Louisiana do not have constitutional standing to sue the federal government over a 2021 Homeland Security Memorandum that focuses immigration enforcement actions on non-citizens who are suspected of terrorism, committed serious crimes or are caught at the border entering illegally.

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The Crime Report

MAY 23, 2022

When a friend told Kelly Maguire, a senior at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, about a crisis they were experiencing, she knew how to respond: “Thanks for telling me about this,” Maguire said. “What works for one campus may not work for another.”. One approach that seems both popular and effective, however, is peer support.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

As Adams faded into the background, Harpster took their work on tour, from Florida to Alaska, to university lecture halls and international homicide conferences, city police academies and statewide coroners’ seminars. On it, Harpster has openly espoused misogynistic, transphobic, Islamophobic and anti-immigrant views.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 18, 2022

It took Jennifer Graves , who is incarcerated at the Florida Women’s Reception Center in Ocala, Fla., Nothing academic is offered here, which is pretty sad because the University of Florida is about 30 minutes away.”. a while to get back to me. “I I had NO idea what opportunities we have,” she wrote.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 18, 2024

Here’s the Tuesday morning read: How the Supreme Court could decide Trump’s blockbuster fight for immunity (John Fritze, CNN) US Supreme Court declines to hear Florida sports betting case (Alexandra Glorioso, Tampa Bay Times) Immigrants who missed hearing lose deportation battle at Supreme Court (Lauren Villagran, USA Today) Texas court favored by (..)

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LegalReader

MARCH 18, 2021

Moody says the new immigration policies will force local law enforcement to release undocumented immigrants back into Florida communities.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2022

An appellate panel ruled that the discriminatory-harassment and bias response team policies at the University of Central Florida (UCF) likely violate the First Amendment. There is a major victory for free speech out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit this week. The decision in Speech First v. ’ Oral Arg.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar made national headlines by opening a criminal investigation into the recent flights arranged by Florida of undocumented migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Immigration advocates were only able to get three migrants to join the initial challenge. Florida has responded with signed waivers by the migrants.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Florida and Moore v. Florida and Moore v. Virginia that it violates the 8th Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments to subject intellectually disabled offenders to capital punishment. Then the court in Hall v. relisted after the Jan. 5 conference) Hamm v. Smith , 23-167 Issues : (1) Whether Hall v.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2023

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans for Immigrant Justice (AIJ) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the recently enacted Florida immigration law SB 1718 , one of the strictest immigration laws in the US.

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