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Court ruling gives Guatemalan woman new chance to appeal deportation

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Share In an opinion released on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that noncitizens subject to deportation do not have to ask the Board of Immigration Appeals to reconsider its allegedly erroneous decisions before seeking judicial review in the federal courts of appeals. The case, Santos-Zacaria v.

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Supreme Court takes up RICO and veterans “benefit of the doubt” cases

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The district court ruled for Medical Marijuana and the other companies on Horn’s RICO claim. The companies came to the Supreme Court last fall, asking the justices to take up the case and weigh in. The justices granted two other petitions for review on Monday: Bouarfa v.

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Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

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Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. According to the eight-member majority, “federal courts are generally not the proper forum for resolving claims that the Executive Branch should make more arrests or bring more prosecutions.”

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Court expands government’s ability to deport noncitizens for offenses related to obstruction of justice

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Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Pugin v. Such “redundancies are common in statutory drafting,” Kavanaugh wrote. citizen].”

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The Clock is Ticking: How to Miss Fewer Court Deadlines

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The statute of limitations ran out due to his forgetting the deadline. A Chicago immigration lawyer moved for an emergency stay of removal for a client after an asylum application was denied. The Tennessee lawyer failed to add a calendar reminder to track the statute of limitations deadline. The Solution: Integrated Court Rules.

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Court to decide requirements for noncitizens defending against federal prosecution for criminal re-entry

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1326 , they must prove the existence of a prior removal order adjudicated by a federal immigration agency. Refugio Palomar-Santiago’s case illustrates two broader themes: first, the various interactions between the civil immigration and criminal legal systems, and second, the ongoing complexity of the immigration laws.

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Relist-palooza: Religious exercise, the False Claims Act, takings clause, RICO, bank secrecy, and more

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Groff sued USPS in federal court under Title VII for refusing to accommodate his religious beliefs and practices. The trial court ruled for the Postal Service under Hardison , and the U.S. Natural Resources Defense Council to the Board of Immigration Appeals’ interpretation of that phrase. Yegiazaryan v.