Immigration Statute Texas 
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.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Helaman Hansen ran an immigration-advising service. Hansen charged undocumented immigrants to advise them on what he claimed was a pathway to U.S. District courts have discretion to impose either consecutive or concurrent sentences unless a statute mandates otherwise. Texas , 21-1601. citizenship through adult adoption.
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SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Helaman Hansen ran an immigration-advising service called Americans Helping America Chamber of Commerce. A federal court in California convicted Hansen of multiple counts of fraud, as well as convincing two of his customers to overstay their visas and participate in his adoption program in violation of the encourage-or-induce statute.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 24, 2021
(He might have had to answer some more difficult questions, though, since he was even then seeking to regularize his immigration status after entering the United States unlawfully.) City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising of Texas Inc. , City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising of Texas Inc. ,
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 29, 2022
LeDure asked the justices to interpret a key phrase of the Locomotive Inspection Act , a federal statute that requires railroads to regularly inspect and implement safety measures for their locomotives. Texas , leaving in place the U.S. The post Court splits 4-4 on what it means to “use” a locomotive appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 8, 2024
8 for a packed session of oral arguments – starting with immigration policy and the post-9/11 “No Fly List” and ending on Jan. The statute includes a list of information the government must include – most notably, the time and place of the removal hearing. Texas , scheduled for argument on Jan. Garland and Garland v. .
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 22, 2022
This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether the government is correct that a federal identity-theft statute broadly applies to anyone who merely says or writes someone else’s name while committing a crime, or instead requires intentional misrepresentation of identity.
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