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US government moves to end long-standing agreement on migrant child custody oversight

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The US government filed a motion on Friday to partially end a 27-year-old agreement that requires the federal government to comply with court supervision about the treatment of migrant children in its custody. The Court should terminate the FSA as to HHS,” the government wrote.

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Federal judge strikes down New Jersey ban on detaining immigrants awaiting deportation

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A federal judge in New Jersey struck down AB 5207 on Tuesday, concluding that New Jersey’s ban on detaining individuals for violating US civil immigration laws is unconstitutional. CoreCivic operates private prisons that partner with the state and federal government to detain mostly US asylum seekers and undocumented people.

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Federal judge blocks immigration officials from cutting Texas border fence

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US District Judge Alia Moses of the Western District of Texas granted a temporary restraining order to Texas and enjoined the federal government from interfering with Texas’s fencing at the U.S.-Mexico The suit was brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Mexico border.

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Australia government to introduce legislation banning swastikas and other Nazi symbols

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Australia Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said on Thursday that he will introduce a bill next week banning the public display of the Nazi Hakenkreuz, commonly known as the swastika, and SS Bolts. Notably, the Victoria government had already passed an act to criminalize the public display of Nazi symbols, starting on December 29, 2022.

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ACLU files suit requesting COVID-19 booster shot access for immigration detainees

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ACLU filed a lawsuit Monday requesting access to COVID-19 booster shots for seven individuals (“the plaintiffs”) detained by immigration authorities. The lawsuit is aimed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Federal appeals court: New Jersey can block local police from cooperating with federal immigration agents

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The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld a New Jersey state law enforcement directive limiting local police interactions with, and/or barring its cooperation with federal immigration authorities. A second county filed suit the following month launching similar challenges to the Directive.

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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in crucial immigration and ERISA cases

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Garland (“the immigration case”) asking whether a federal court can review a decision by an agency within the Department of Justice ruling that a person is ineligible for permanent residency and in Hughes v. Th immigration case involves Pankajkumar Patel, a citizen of India who has been living in the US for almost 30 years.