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Immigration Advocates File Lawsuit Against Arizona Attorney General

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Immigrants’ rights advocates are pushing back against Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s attempts to block President Joe Biden’s latest changes to U.S. immigration policy. On Tuesday, a coalition of immigration and Latino advocacy groups announced a lawsuit against Brnovich’s office.

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States sue Biden administration over immigration policies

JURIST

The Attorneys General of Arizona and Montana filed an amended a joint lawsuit Monday alleging that the Biden administration has violated immigration and administrative law. The Attorney General of Florida filed a similar lawsuit on Tuesday. Some of those arguments are raised again in the Arizona/Montana complaint.

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US federal judge suspends enforcement of Texas law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

The law, SB4 , criminalized a number of immigration offenses under state law and empowered state law enforcement to make arrests and hold people in detention. The first and foremost reason is that the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution and Supreme Court precedent grant immigration enforcement powers to the federal government.

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Arizona Attorney General Brnovich Sues Biden Administration to Resume Border Wall Work

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Attorney General Mark Brnovich made the dubious claim that Arizona's natural landscapes will suffer without a better border wall.

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Texas sues Biden administration over elimination of Trump-era public charge immigration rule

JURIST

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration seeking reinstatement of a Trump-era public charge inadmissability rule. The rule announced today speaks to the Biden Administration’s commitment to restoring faith in our legal immigration system.

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Diane is honored by Legal Services Corp – Pro Bono Service Award for establishing the Self Help Center

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Diane is honored by Legal Services Corp – Pro Bono Service Award for establishing the Self Help Center at the Arizona Bankruptcy Court. Its grantee organizations serving Arizona include the Community Legal Services, Southern Arizona Legal Aid (SALA), and the Window Rock-based DNA-Peoples Legal Services. Drain, P.A.

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February argument calendar includes immigration, voting-rights cases

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Innovation Law Lab , a challenge to the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which allows the Department of Homeland Security to return immigrants seeking asylum to Mexico while they wait for an asylum hearing in U.S. immigration courts. Democratic National Committee and Arizona Republican Party v. California (Feb.