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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned a decision allowing the United States Justice Department to withhold records concerning former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates’ 2017 refusal to defend former President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting seven Muslim-majority nations. As one of his firsts acts as president, [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Andrew Wright of the Savannah Law School discusses President Trump's newly revised travel ban...On September 24th, President Donald Trump issued a presidential proclamation revising the entry suspensions and restrictions outlined in Executive Order 13780, issued March 6,...

The city of Austin filed a lawsuit on Thursday joining San Antonio and two other Texas cities in challenging the constitutionality of Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) , a new immigration enforcement law signed by...

Legislators in Maryland on Monday withdrew a bill proposing to make Maryland a so-called "sanctuary state." The purpose of the bill was to "prohibiting a specified government agent from taking specified actions for immigration enforcement purposes."...

The city of Seattle filed a lawsuit Wednesday against President Donald Trump's administration, arguing that their designation as a "sanctuary city" should not prevent them from receiving federal funds, as required by Executive Order 13768 . Seattle asked...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said during Monday's White House news briefing that cities failing to enforce immigration laws may be cut off from Justice Department grants. Sessions' statement was directed towards so-called...

The US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) on Thursday released a report finding that a significant portion of federal law enforcement resources were directed to immigration-related offenses. The analysis showed that half of all federal...

Hawaii filed a request shortly before midnight on Tuesday for a temporary injunction to block President Donald Trump's new immigration executive order . Hawaii claims that this new executive order is "infected" with the same legal problems...

US President Donald Trump signed a new immigration executive order Monday, which contains several departures from the original January executive order . Notably, Iraqi citizens are no longer ineligible to receive new visas. The order also sets out classes...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday denied a request to stay the appeal regarding President Donald Trump's controversial immigration executive order . The US Department of Justice (DOJ) ...