SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Gun possession and immigration status. United States , Melvyn Gear, an Australian citizen who resides in Hawaii on an H-1B visa, asks the justices to decide whether Section 922(g)(5)(B) also requires proof of knowledge of collateral law. 18 U.S.C. § These and other petitions of the week are below: Ham v. Williams v. United States.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 30, 2021

Advocates also say decriminalization will reduce the stigma that surrounds people involved in sex trafficking, most of whom are poor women and girls, immigrants and LGBTQ people. . Hawaii enacted a law last week that removes the statute of limitations for sex trafficking and distinguishes sex buyers from people selling sex.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In addition to more intense storms, the municipalities allege other physical climate change impacts, including coral reef degradation and massive algal blooms, as well as social, educational, and economic losses, including increased immigration from the municipalities and damages to the agricultural industry.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2022

This is part of a larger picture in which racial attitudes are increasingly linked with opinions on a wide range of disparate issues including social welfare issues, gun control, immigration and even climate change. Mazie Hirono , a Democrat from Hawaii. Who Will Support Unborn Black and Brown Children? That should come as no surprise.

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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

Plaintiffs, including the Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF), argued that the state law was preempted by federal immigration law. The injunction reflects the courts cautious approach to balancing state and federal authority in immigration enforcement. unlawfully. The Ninth Circuits decision in Yukutake v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act , immigrants can be denied green cards if, “in the opinion of” the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the person is “likely at any time to become a public charge.” Hawaii Land Use Commission , 20-54. Department of Homeland Security v. New York , 20-449 , and Wolf v.

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