Recent Updates
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State, federal lawyers in court to argue Trump travel ban
Immigration Law 02/09/2017State and federal lawyers will argue before a panel of federal appellate court judges Tuesday in the pitched fight over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban that could reach the Supreme Court. The legal dispute involves two divergent views...
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Court: Asylum not automatic for former gang members
Immigration Law 01/23/2017Immigrants in the United States illegally are not automatically eligible for asylum on the basis that they are former gang members who risk persecution if they return home, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday. Three judges from the 9th U.S....
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Brother of San Bernardino shooter guilty in immigration case
Immigration Law 01/23/2017The brother of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack pleaded guilty Tuesday in an immigration fraud case stemming from the probe into the killings. Syed Raheel Farook entered the plea in federal court in Riverside to one count of co...
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Court to weigh appeal on Indiana's block on Syrian refugees
Immigration Law 01/13/2017A federal appeals court in Chicago is set to hear arguments in Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's appeal of a ruling that blocked his order to bar state agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in Indiana. The appeals court is considering the...
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Texas affirmative action plan survives Supreme Court review
Immigration Law 01/09/2017The University of Texas admissions program that takes account of race has survived another round at the Supreme Court. The justices on Thursday upheld the Texas program by a 4-3 vote. The university considers race among many factors in admitti...
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Court: Asylum not automatic for former gang members
Immigration Law 01/09/2017Immigrants in the United States illegally are not automatically eligible for asylum on the basis that they are former gang members who risk persecution if they return home, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday. Three judges from the 9th U.S....