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US House committee to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas over US-Mexico border management

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The hearing was initiated by House Republicans who accused Mayorkas of failing to follow immigration law and of violating the public trust as border crossings have reached record levels. Attorney General Montana Austin Knudsen noted there had been a devastating fentanyl crisis in Montana.

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US Supreme Court blocks Biden administration policy to limit deportation

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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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Changing Your Immigration Status in Montana

LegalReader

The main reason people change their status is to stay in the nation for a longer period of time.

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Diversity by diktat: An obscure 1977 OMB memo forms the basis for today’s affirmative-action programs

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suburb, nor as a black-identified applicant with multiracial ancestry who grew up in a small town in Montana. Neither African immigrants nor individuals with few or any ties to an ancestral Native American tribe would qualify. Yet they all fall into the same diversity classification.

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Sixth Circuit Dissolves Nationwide Injunction of Immigration Guidance

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The origins of the dispute go back to last fall when the Secretary of Homeland Security issued “Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law.” The post Sixth Circuit Dissolves Nationwide Injunction of Immigration Guidance appeared first on Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog. Biden (22-3272).

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Chicago man asks justices to clarify when officers can search your cellphone at the border

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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. Customs and Border Protection officer asked him to step aside for additional screening. Jacobsen v. Mendez v.

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Justices asked again to consider the consequence of biased jurors

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Gene Deveraux was sentenced to 100 years in Montana prison for multiple sexual felonies against his former wife and stepdaughter. On appeal to the Montana Supreme Court, Deveraux argued that his conviction should be reversed because the denial of his motion to remove the juror for cause was structural error. In Deveraux v.

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