JURIST

APRIL 19, 2024

Law enforcement is mandated to collect identifying information of those arrested for impermissible occupation, which is cross-referenced with criminal databases by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Proponents of the bill argue that it is essential to uphold the rule of law and protect state borders. However, Rep. .”

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2024

The US Supreme Court has lifted a stay that prohibited the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries, allowing the law to go into effect. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later blocked that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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JURIST

MARCH 27, 2024

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. SB4, the controversial Texas law that is the subject of this continued litigation, was originally signed into law in December 2023.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A Texas federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday that ordered Texas to move its floating barrier from the Rio Grande’s main waters to the riverbank. ” Ezra found that “permission is exactly what federal law requires before installing obstructions in the nation’s navigable waters.”

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

“If it survives in court, Texas’ immigration law could upend immigration enforcement nationwide; Texas challenged federal supremacy by creating a state crime for illegal entry into the U.S.;

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2022

The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a Biden administration immigration policy. In a 5-4 order, the Supreme Court Thursday denied the Biden administration’s application to reinstate an immigration memorandum that would stop deportation unless the non-citizen is a threat to national security, public safety or border security.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 21, 2024

“Texas Immigration Spat Puts Spotlight on Fifth Circuit Stays; Latest maneuver in Texas immigration dispute with US; Court watchers see more administrative stays in big cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2024

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Texas and Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity on Wednesday over a state law that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is usually a federal matter. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 20, 2024

“Texas Deportation Law Gets Skeptical Reception From Key Judge; Chief judge suggests law infringes on US immigration power; Hearing follows late-night order temporarily blocking law”: Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has this report.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 3, 2024

“Appeals Court Intervenes in Legal Showdown on the Texas Border; Action by the appeals court was likely to speed up a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on a wide-ranging Texas immigration enforcement law”: J. David Goodman of The New York Times has this report.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 11, 2024

“Texas tells Supreme Court its immigration law is key to handling border crisis; The high court faces a Wednesday deadline as it considers whether Texas exceeded its authority by implementing its own migrant deportation infrastructure”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2024

The appeal challenges a court order against a preliminary injunction that halts the controversial anti-illegal immigration House Bill 4156 in the state. Attorney General Drummond, in the official statement , said that House Bill 4156 is a powerful tool to counter criminal activity largely being fueled by illegal immigrants coming to Oklahoma.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2023

Floridians gathered across the state Thursday to protest a recently enacted law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. In what protesters dubbed, “a day without immigrants,” thousands walked off the job to voice their disapproval of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s approval of Senate Bill (SB) 1718.

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Above The Law

MARCH 19, 2024

Texas may begin rounding up suspected immigrants because the Fifth Circuit pinky swears its over a month-long stay isn't really a stay. The post Supreme Court Decides Texas Can Start Ignoring Supremacy Clause Because… Maybe A ‘Stay’ Isn’t A ‘Stay’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A Texas federal judge ruled Tuesday that the US Congress passed a 2022 $1.7 ” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged the bill and sought an injunction against two portions of the bill, the PFWA and a sizable appropriation to a federal pilot program that provided case services to immigrants in immigration removal proceedings.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A new Texas law allows migrants to be arrested for trespassing, attracting groups of armed private citizens to Kinney County, where they are now patrolling the border with local officials, stopping the migrants they find, and passing them off to be arrested by law enforcement who support and welcome them, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 20, 2024

“Texas’s S.B. 4 immigration enforcement law appears likely to remain on hold for now; Chief Judge Priscilla Richman of the Fifth Circuit, a George W. Bush appointee, was skeptical of Texas’s arguments to enforce the law immediately”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

A Texas federal court blocked administrative proceedings launched by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) against SpaceX over alleged discriminatory employment practices. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

Constitution because only the federal government has jurisdiction over immigration law. More than 2,500 migrants have been arrested on trespassing charges, all of them men, with roughly 900 still being held in state prisons.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 22, 2022

Claiming such arrests is “inherently flawed” and misrepresents the accomplishments of the operation, said Patrick O’Burke, a law enforcement consultant and a former DPS commander who retired in 2008.

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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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Above The Law

JULY 25, 2023

The post US Sues Texas For Blockading Rio Grande To Keep Out Migrants appeared first on Above the Law. TFW you pretend desperate families are a horde of Vikings armed with spears. and fentanyl.

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LegalTalkNetwork

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Texas, 347 U.S. After working as an accountant, getting married, and having two daughters, Chief Justice Contreras received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from theUniversity of Houston Law Center in 1990. She went on to manage a law office in San Antonio, make partner at a civil trial firm, and then open her own mediation practice.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Sineneng-Smith , the justices reversed a circuit-court decision that struck down a federal law criminalizing the act of “encourag[ing] or induc[ing]” noncitizens to enter or remain in the United States for financial gain. Helaman Hansen ran an immigration-advising service called Americans Helping America Chamber of Commerce.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

New legal filings in Texas describe an ongoing and consistent pattern of men being illegally detained for a month or more as their cases stagnate in overwhelmed courts, reports Click2Houston.com.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Deferred action is a use of prosecutorial discretion to defer removal of an individual for a certain period of time and does not provide lawful immigration status. Council because Congress never delegated to DHS the authority to adopt DACA and that by awarding “lawful presence and work authorization to 1.5

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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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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Survivors of domestic abuse advocates rally for access to online court to continue in Texas, Caroline Love reports for Kera News. Texas state senator Nathan Johnson filed a bill in November that would make it a state law to have online court as an option for those seeking protective orders.

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The Crime Report

JULY 8, 2022

Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas National Guard and the state police to begin apprehending migrants who illegally cross the border from Mexico and taking them back to ports of entry, reports the New York Times. Meanwhile, some Republican leaders say that the order does not go far enough.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2021

Hassaid to consider a California agricultural union organizing law. ” Under California law, agricultural businesses must allow labor organizations onto their property up to three times a day over a 30-day period, up to 120 days per year. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Cedar Point Nursery v.

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JURIST

APRIL 18, 2025

A similar motion was filed by the ACLU in a Texas district court, where the migrants are being detained as part of their habeas suits. The post Federal judge denies emergency motion to halt deportations under 18th-century law appeared first on JURIST - News. However, the court declined to grant the TRO or set a hearing date.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported having no record of these scams and only knows of actual kidnappings. Texas border county law enforcement officers say criminals are taking advantage of the unprecedented numbers of reports of disappearances at the border, with U.S.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

immigration agents, reports Reuters. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency violated a federal law requiring that the government “shall detain” people who commit certain crimes or are otherwise deemed eligible for deportation. Tipton ruled that the February guidance from the U.S.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Hundreds of Haitian migrants who have been camping under a bridge in the Texas town of Del Rio and were previously being permitted by U.S. More than 12,000 migrants, identified by officials on both sides as mostly Haitian, have been gathering under the bridge in recent days, awaiting immigration processing. Instead, U.S.

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LawSites

APRIL 14, 2022

Paladin says volunteers are needed to assist with refugee/immigration applications; housing; labor rights; access to public services (medicine, education, social protection); business-related issues; and translations. Pro Bono Texas , in partnership with The State Bar of Texas. Multiple Pro Bono Portals.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 8, 2022

A law enforcement arm of the Department of Homeland Security is participating in a secret bulk surveillance program that collected millions of records about certain money transfers of some Americans without a warrant, according to U.S. Ron Wyden (D-OR), reports the Wall Street Journal.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 10, 2022

The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. Texas : The case involves gaming activities on Native American land in Texas. Texas , 36 F.3d 1994) (“Ysleta I”) granted Texas regulatory jurisdiction over non-prohibited gaming activities on the Tribes’ lands.

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