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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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DHS had waived the requirements of NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and other laws pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. CBAF reported that the second activist was sentenced to two years in prison, with both years deferred.

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February argument calendar includes immigration, voting-rights cases

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The Supreme Court on Thursday released the calendar for its February argument session, which begins on Feb. 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.