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Private Contractors Turn Louisiana Immigration Detention into Big Business

The Crime Report

The Louisiana immigration detention system has become a robust business for private service providers, with the entities managing the facilities being paid as much as three times what the state previously paid per inmate, reports The Advocate. percent of eligible asylum seekers.

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US Supreme Court blocks Biden administration policy to limit deportation

JURIST

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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Louisiana Police Label Hispanic Drivers ‘White’ to Hide Racial Bias: Report

The Crime Report

Across America, law enforcement agencies have been accused of targeting Hispanic drivers, failing to collect data on those traffic stops, and covering up potential officer misconduct and aggressive immigration enforcement by identifying people as white on tickets, reports ProPublica. require the collection of data on traffic stops.

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“A Fifth Circuit immigration order lays bare a conservative divide on the appeals court; It’s ‘mad vibes’ judges v. legal conservatives in a sign of just how far right the federal appeals court has gone that covers Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas”

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“A Fifth Circuit immigration order lays bare a conservative divide on the appeals court; It’s ‘mad vibes’ judges v. The post “A Fifth Circuit immigration order lays bare a conservative divide on the appeals court; It’s ‘mad vibes’ judges v.

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Judge Says Biden Administration Can’t Limit Deportations

The Crime Report

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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Supreme Court lets CFPB funding stand

SCOTUSBlog

By a vote of 7-2, the justices reversed a decision by a federal appeals court in Louisiana, which had ruled that the agency’s funding violates the Constitution because it comes from the Federal Reserve rather than through the congressional appropriations process.

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Justices asked to review Arizona’s life-without-parole sentencing scheme for youths

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Louisiana , the justices ruled that Miller also applied retroactively – that is, to anyone sentenced before 2012. citizenship in a timely petition for review, a court of appeals may reject the challenge and affirm the removal order on the ground that the petitioner waived or forfeited the citizenship claim in immigration proceedings.