Judge Denies DOJ Suit on Most of California Immigration Laws
Delivering another key victory for California, a federal judge on Monday dismissed the heart of the Trump administration’s lawsuit against three 2017 state immigration laws.
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Trump Bid to Block California Sanctuary Laws Thwarted
In the clash between the Trump administration and California over immigration laws, a federal judge on Thursday upheld a signature piece of California’s policy requiring law enforcement to limit cooperation with federal immigration agents.
Read moreSessions Names Weinsheimer New Associate Deputy AG
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday afternoon that Bradley Weinsheimer, a 27-year Justice Department veteran, will replace departing Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools.
Read moreHundreds Charged in Massive Opioid Crackdown
In what Attorney General Jeff Session called the biggest health care fraud enforcement action in U.S. history, the Justice Department said Thursday that it charged 601 people in dozens of cases involving opioid prescriptions.
Read moreClergy Arrested in LA Protest of Immigration Policies
Police arrested priests, reverends, rabbis and other members of the faith community outside a California courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday over a show of civil disobedience against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Read moreFeds At Odds Over Handling of Immigrant Families
The top U.S. border official said Monday that immigrant families crossing the border would not be referred for prosecution until the Justice Department comes up with a way to do so without separating children from their parents – just hours after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions insisted the prosecutions would continue unabated.
Read moreAsylum Ruling by Sessions Seen as Condemning Women to Violence
Soldiers raped Stephanie because her husband, a pastor called Alain, preached to men in their Congo town about the need for education. Her ordeal ended when she was granted asylum by the United States. But for another group of women wanting to emigrate here, victims of domestic violence, that route of escape was closed by the Trump administration this week.
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A young Mexican man whose DACA application is pending sued Attorney General Jeff Sessions for ordering him to be deported anyway; and in Houston, children who acquired U.S. citizenship from their father sued U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for denying them a passport.
Read moreSessions Says Domestic Violence Is Not Grounds for Asylum
Domestic violence should not be considered grounds for asylum for immigrants fleeing to the United States, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday.
Read moreFeds Won’t Defend Obamacare in Texas’ Bid to Kill It
The Trump administration said late Thursday that it will not defend Obamacare in Texas’ federal lawsuit claiming Congress’ removal of the individual mandate tax penalty beginning next year will render the entire law unconstitutional.
Read moreLiterary Liberty Bell Rings for Philly in Sanctuary City Ruling
In an epic defeat for Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a federal judge invoked the greatest refugee story ever told Wednesday to side with Philadelphia on its sanctuary-city law.
Read moreTrump Slashes at Sessions in Early Morning Tweet
President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again took aim at his attorney general on Twitter, blaming Jeff Sessions for allowing the Russia investigation to continue.
Read moreTrump Says He Wishes He Never Hired Sessions
President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning he wishes he never picked Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general.
Read moreCities Line Up to Support California in Sanctuary Fight With Feds
The nation’s largest cities are lining up in support of California’s sanctuary policies, choosing sides in the growing fight over immigration between the Trump administration and the Golden State.
Read moreSessions Orders Immigration Courts to Stop Suspending Proceedings
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered immigration courts to stop using an administrative tool to close cases despite the immigration system’s massive backlog.
Read moreImmigrant Cleared of Murder Blames Trump for New Charges
A homeless undocumented immigrant acquitted last year of murder faces an uphill battle in proving that President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to vindictively prosecute him on new federal charges, a judge said Tuesday.
Read moreSessions Ramps Up Prosecution of Border Crossings
Standing steps away from the U.S.-Mexico border fence in San Diego, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday said all cases of suspected unlawful border crossings are being referred to the Justice Department for prosecution.
Read moreCalifornia Seeks to Dismiss Fed’s Case Against Sanctuary Policies
California has taken steps to have a federal judge dismiss the federal government’s lawsuit against its sanctuary city policy.
Read moreJustice Department Hiring More Prosecutors for ‘Border Crisis’
Bolstering its ranks to handle what it called a “border crisis,” the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday announced it has hired additional prosecutors to handle immigration cases along the southwest border.
Read moreSessions Defends Trump Pardons of Arpaio, Libby
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is defending President Donald Trump’s pardons of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former Bush administration official I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
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