The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“ Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 11, 2021

John Adams believed that the jury trial and representative government were “the heart and lungs of liberty.”. I consider the trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution,” he wrote in a letter to Thomas Paine. Thomas Jefferson thought so too. “I

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

There is nothing unlawful about conveying individuals who are lawfully in the country pending their immigration hearings. Indeed, public interest groups and the federal government do so regularly, including late-night flights to various cities. state once they are released by the federal government.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2024

Civil rights groups filed a complaint on Thursday against Iowa state officials to stop the state’s recently enacted immigration law from going into effect on July 1. The law makes it a crime for a foreign national to enter Iowa after having been deported from the US in the past, regardless of current immigration status.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

In late February, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the law from being enforced, noting that the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution and US Supreme Court precedent place immigration matters under federal jurisdiction. Justice Alito stayed the Fifth Circuit’s order on March 4 without explaining his reasoning.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The bill 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.

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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.” But, for now, the majority’s decision in Pugin opens the door for the government to argue that an ever-expanding array of crimes warrant deportation.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Marcos Mendez was returning to the United States in 2016 when his passport was flagged at immigration in Chicagos OHare International Airport. This was not Mendezs first hold-up at immigration. The other was a 2010 arrest for child pornography, which resulted in a misdemeanor conviction for endangering a child. Patterson v.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

People walk dangerous routes when the government eliminates or fails to provide legal avenues that are safe, permanent and predictable whether it’s across the street or across an international border. Code made it a crime to cross the border without authorization, with a specific intent to target Mexican immigrants.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

On April 13, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos staked her position on sentencing for a man convicted of a misdemeanor and a low-level felony. Norway is predominantly ethnically Norwegian, but the immigrant population also tripled from 1998 to 2013. It doesn’t look like it.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 15, 2022

In New York, unlicensed massage is a class E felony, punishable by up to four years in prison, whereas prostitution is a class B misdemeanor. Laws governing sex work were not written to keep people safe , but to criminalize those pushed to the margins without access to resources.

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Laws Misdemeanor Felony Immigration 137

JonathanTurley

APRIL 29, 2025

” While Dugan initially contested the allegations that she assisted an illegal immigrant to evade federal authorities in her Milwaukee courthouse, Democrats are heralding her as a type of Harriet Tubman guiding illegal immigrants to safety. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. United States , 277 U.S.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

police obtained an arrest warrant for Tarrio in the banner burning, charging him with destruction of property, a misdemeanor. The Three-Percenters are an anti-government group who claim that only 3 percent of American colonists took up arms against British tyranny during the American Revolution. After the demonstration, D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The court held that federal common law necessarily governed the nuisance claims because “[a] patchwork of fifty different answers to the same fundamental global issue would be unworkable” and “the extent of any judicial relief should be uniform across our nation.” Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

The hearings this week may reveal conduct that reaches the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. It is also true, in my opinion, that none of those things amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. Immigration has long been an area of intense policy disagreements. It is a matter of discretion.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

Harper ), immigration ( US v. While largely believed to be an apolitical institution of the tripartite United States government, the Supreme Court has always been influenced by personal politics and the “flavor of the day.” Milligan and Moore v. Texas ), Affirmative Action ( Students for Fair Admissions v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-00028 (D.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 16, 2025

Targeting legal entities raises concerns about government interference in legal representation and has broader implications for the independence and responsibilities of law firms in an increasingly polarized environment. Trumps executive order limited access to government resources sending shockwaves throughout the legal profession.

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