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Walmart Blocks DOJ Proceedings Over Immigration Records

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The federal government cannot continue pursuing proceedings before the U.S.

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Justices unanimously rule against asylum seekers on question of credibility

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Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the federal government in a dispute over when federal courts can treat asylum seekers’ testimony as credible. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which had previously taken asylum seekers’ testimony as credible when reviewing cases where immigration courts were silent on applicants’ credibility.

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US Supreme Court hears arguments on credibility in asylum cases

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The main issue before the court is”[w]hether a court of appeals may conclusively presume that an asylum applicant’s testimony is credible and true whenever an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals adjudicates an application without making an explicit adverse credibility determination.” Wilkinson v.

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Facebook Can't Ditch US Citizenship Bias Claims, Judge Says

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workers based on their citizenship by hoarding thousands of jobs for temporary visa holders, an administrative law judge has ruled, finding that the Executive Office for Immigration Review is the correct forum for the federal government's allegations. Facebook Inc. must face claims that it discriminated against U.S.

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Court will confront jurisdictional jumble in the case of a transgender woman seeking relief from deportation

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Share The nation’s immigration courts are breaking under the cumulative weight of a byzantine statutory scheme, chronic understaffing, and insurmountable case backlogs. The case arose from the government’s attempt to deport Leon Santos-Zacaria, a 34-year-old transgender woman and citizen of Guatemala.

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Immigration, takings, administrative law and the kitchen sink

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Garland , 20-979 , which seems a likely grant, because the government, as respondent, agrees that there is a circuit split and review is warranted on one of the questions presented. citizen for a benefit under state law. The court also has a pair of new administrative law cases, both captioned American Hospital Association v.

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DACA program illegal under administrative law, US appeals court says

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The lower court decision ruled that DACA was illegally created and prevented any further applicants but allowed nearly 600,000 young immigrants to renew their status under the program. The post DACA program illegal under administrative law, US appeals court says appeared first on JURIST - News.