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Ninth Circuit Revokes Deportation of Immigrant Detained in Raid Without Reasonable Suspicion Updated: Published by:

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has canceled the deportation of a worker who was arrested and detained in a 2008 immigration enforcement raid on a California factory, ruling that immigration authorities violated federal regulations and the Constitution when they conducted the raid without reasonable suspicion that the approximately 130…

California Alleges Trump Pulled Funding for Rail Project in Retaliation for Border Wall Stance Updated: Published by:

The State of California has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that the Federal Railroad Administration's sudden decision to pull almost $1 billion in funding for a planned high-speed rail connection between San Francisco and Los Angeles was payback for the state's opposition to Trump's plans to…

Court Gives Trump Administration Six Months to Locate Migrant Children Separated from Families Updated: Published by:

In a new ruling, Judge Dana Sabraw has given the federal government six months to locate children separated from their families at the border under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy. Though many of the more than 2000 children the government took from their families have since been reunited…

Ninth Circuit Rejects Federal Government’s Challenge to California’s “Sanctuary State” Laws Updated: Published by:

This week the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming the lower court's decision upholding three California laws against a challenge by the federal government. The federal government challenged the three laws, which all pertain to the state's status as a "sanctuary" state, on the…

Attorney General William Barr Releases Immigration Decision Ordering Judges to Prevent Migrant Asylum Seekers From Posting Bond While Awaiting Trial Updated: Published by:

On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, Attorney General William Barr released an immigration decision applying to migrants who have established "a credible fear of persecution or torture" in their home country. The decision orders immigration judges to prevent migrant asylum seekers from posting bond while awaiting trial. President Donald Trump has…

Ninth Circuit Recognizes Right of Asylum Seekers to Better Court Access Updated: Published by:

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held on Thursday that the constitutional guarantee of habeas corpus precludes US immigration authorities from deporting asylum seekers who had failed an initial screening. This ruling sets up a circuit split (with the Third Circuit, which came to the opposite conclusion…

16 States File Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Emergency Declaration to Fund Border Wall Updated: Published by:

A group of 16 states, including the border states of California and New Mexico, has gone to court to challenge the Trump administration's attempt to invoke emergency powers in order to fund the construction of a border wall. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal district court in San Francisco,…