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US government moves to end long-standing agreement on migrant child custody oversight

JURIST

The US government filed a motion on Friday to partially end a 27-year-old agreement that requires the federal government to comply with court supervision about the treatment of migrant children in its custody. The Court should terminate the FSA as to HHS,” the government wrote.

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“New York Immigrant Advocacy Group’s Open Records Case Revived”

HowAppealing

” You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

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Court will confront jurisdictional jumble in the case of a transgender woman seeking relief from deportation

SCOTUSBlog

Share The nation’s immigration courts are breaking under the cumulative weight of a byzantine statutory scheme, chronic understaffing, and insurmountable case backlogs. The case arose from the government’s attempt to deport Leon Santos-Zacaria, a 34-year-old transgender woman and citizen of Guatemala.

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10 WFH Paralegal Technology Tools

Paralegal Bootcamp

An immigration paralegal team can, for example, use these subcategories to assign teams to the many different types of visas and procedures. As the need for less physical interaction grew, many courts and government agencies extended guidelines for online filing. Online Filing Platforms. Why are you still printing? OCR Software.

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9 Ways States Can Strengthen ‘Underfunded, Overburdened’ Public Defense

The Crime Report

Not only can agencies create standards governing workloads and performance, but they can also “ insulate public defense systems from the whims of political pressure or judicial interference,” the authors write. Overburdened local governments aren’t the only way funding issues can undercut public defenders.

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Probate Paralegal Woodland: Are They Necessary

LDA PRO

A paralegal can also work closely with the personal representative to ensure that he or she knows his or her obligations and assists the personal representative in carrying out those tasks. a) following up on all government benefits, such as Social Security and veteran’s benefits; . (b) Paralegals’ Increased Duties.

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US Supreme Court hears arguments on California agricultural union organizing law

JURIST

They allege that the regulation violates the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibits the government from taking property without “just compensation.” Because they did not agree to any such easement, they further alleged that they should receive compensation.

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