SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Cordero-Garcia , the justices sought to define the contours of an “offense relating to the obstruction of justice,” which is one among the prior convictions that subjects noncitizens to mandatory removal from the United States as an “aggravated felony.” Martha Hutton argues for Jean Francois Pugin.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2024

In late February, a federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the law from being enforced, noting that the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution and US Supreme Court precedent place immigration matters under federal jurisdiction.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Here’s the Monday morning read: Is Encouraging Unauthorized Immigration Free Speech or a Felony? Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com. Adam Liptak, The New York Times).

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2021

Eight years later, an immigration judge found that his California conviction for driving under the influence was an aggravated felony under the federal immigration laws. Ashcroft that, under the relevant federal statute, DUI convictions like Palomar-Santiago’s are not aggravated felonies.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The ACCA prohibits the purchase and possession of firearms by felons, fugitives, drug addicts, undocumented immigrants, dishonorably discharged members of the Armed Forces, those under domestic violence restraining orders, and others.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Immigrant rights advocates have called on San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan to file charges against Border Patrol agents involved in the 2010 beating death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas based on evidence that Critical Incident Investigative Teams (CIIT) within U.S. Border Patrol sectors along the U.S.-Mexico

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2023

In 2018 Greek authorities charged Sarah Mardini, Seán Binder and 22 other search and rescue volunteers with various misdemeanor and felony offenses, including human smuggling and money laundering, stemming from their efforts to identify and aid migrant boats off the coast of the island of Lesbos. All we want is justice.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v Renewable Fuels Association , a case regarding exemptions for small refineries from the Renewable Fuel Standards Program, and United States v Palomar-Santiago , which involves immigration law and noncitizen re-entry.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 28, 2022

One hidden reason for the high numbers at the federal level is the arrest of undocumented immigrants who returned to the U.S. They account for about one-third of the federal revocations for criminal conduct, turning supervised release into “a tool of immigration enforcement,” he added. Returning to the U.S.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Among other achievements, the number of people charged with a felony offense has fallen by one-third, and the number of people imprisoned for drug offenses dropped by 62 percent over the same five-year period. ” FWD.us The full report can be downloaded here.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

Texas that Texas and Louisiana do not have constitutional standing to sue the federal government over a 2021 Homeland Security Memorandum that focuses immigration enforcement actions on non-citizens who are suspected of terrorism, committed serious crimes or are caught at the border entering illegally.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 3, 2022

Pardons are also the only state relief mechanism in America recognized by federal immigration law that would allow “a non-citizen convicted of an aggravated felony to avoid mandatory deportation and remove the conviction-related bar to citizenship.”. The full report can be accessed here.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A jury found Dubin guilty of one charge of healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

With the decriminalization of jaywalking in Nevada , Virginia and now California — the “ Freedom to Walk ” Act will take effect in Los Angeles in the new year — it appears that people understand this when it comes to jaywalking, but not when it comes to immigration. . When someone ‘jaywalks’ from the Mexican side of the border to the U.S.

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The Crime Report

MAY 28, 2021

immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. Jailhouse screening” was supposed to speed up immigration processes and identify undocumented immigrants who posed a threat to public safety.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

In late February, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the law from being enforced, noting that the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution and US Supreme Court precedent place immigration matters under federal jurisdiction. Justice Alito stayed the Fifth Circuit’s order on March 4 without explaining his reasoning.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2023

Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” Pugin pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to a felony, while Cordero-Garcia was convicted of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.

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At the Lectern

MAY 18, 2022

The case presents issues relating to petitions for Special Immigrant Findings under Code of Civil Procedure section 155. Code, § 186.22, subd. (b)(1); b)(1); see People v. Albillar (2010) 51 Cal.4th 4th 47, 59-60.)”. Guardianship of Saul H. : The court granted review less than five months ago and expedited briefing and oral argument.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Gene Deveraux was sentenced to 100 years in Montana prison for multiple sexual felonies against his former wife and stepdaughter. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether the seating of a biased juror is the type of error that always requires a new trial.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2021

Texas and Louisiana filed suit against the federal government Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging that immigration authorities declined to take custody of convicted individuals who could be subject to deportation.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2024

. “ The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now ,” Governor Abbott’s statement reads.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 19, 2021

The opinion affirmed the denial of a motion to vacate a 1989 conviction based on the defendant’s claim his defense counsel failed to advise him about the adverse immigration consequences of entering a guilty plea. The appellate court held that, before a U.S. to research and advise” of those consequences. .)”

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The Crime Report

APRIL 19, 2022

Two decades later, Wilson’s felony record continues to block her lifelong dream of becoming a nurse in Texas—a state that denies licensure to people convicted of specific crimes, including drug offenses. They complained to an immigration and employment attorney about long hours and poor living conditions.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2024

Governor Abbot’s office claims since the launch of Operation Lone Star, there have been over 496,000 undocumented immigrant apprehensions and more than 38,500 criminal arrests, with more than 34,900 felony charges.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

According to Politico , Ted Cruz’ campaign has demanded that TV stations pull certain PAC ads which he claims distort his voting record on immigration issues. This kind of claim from a political candidate about the unfairness of attack ads is common.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2023

The statute was amended in 1950 to remove burglary from the list, and in 1968 it was amended to add rape and murder, in part because a federal civil rights commission noted the omission of such serious felonies from the list. Lastly, we have a foursome of newly relisted immigration cases. Mencia-Medina v. Garland , A.B.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Nonetheless, New York prosecutors charged Jose with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a “violent felony” that applies to virtually all simple firearm possession cases in New York, both outside and inside the home. They lose their jobs, children, and immigration status, risking increased ICE enforcement. Faced with a 3.5-year

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2023

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans for Immigrant Justice (AIJ) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the recently enacted Florida immigration law SB 1718 , one of the strictest immigration laws in the US. It makes no sense.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. But Congress, seeking to reduce the second-guessing of immigration officials, has foreclosed judicial review of purely “discretionary” immigration decisions.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 30, 2021

Advocates also say decriminalization will reduce the stigma that surrounds people involved in sex trafficking, most of whom are poor women and girls, immigrants and LGBTQ people. . Hawaii enacted a law last week that removes the statute of limitations for sex trafficking and distinguishes sex buyers from people selling sex.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

8 for a packed session of oral arguments – starting with immigration policy and the post-9/11 “No Fly List” and ending on Jan. Smith was charged with five felony counts. Share The justices returned to the bench on Jan. 17 with two cases that could upend the functional power of the federal administrative state. Garland and Garland v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

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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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The failure to comply with these requirements is a felony under Florida law. Garland 23-115 Issue : Whether a status-adjustment decision by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services constitutes final agency action within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act when removal proceedings are not pending. Elldakli v.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2024

Civil rights groups filed a complaint on Thursday against Iowa state officials to stop the state’s recently enacted immigration law from going into effect on July 1. The law makes it a crime for a foreign national to enter Iowa after having been deported from the US in the past, regardless of current immigration status.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The ACCA extends the minimum sentence – from 10 years to 15 – for an individual who had been convicted of a felony and possesses a firearm when that person has at least three “serious drug offenses.” The justices will then hear the first immigration case of the term. But an immigration judge rejected that argument, and the U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2023

Hong Kong residents in the US are not covered if they voluntarily returned to Hong Kong, have not continuously resided in the US, have been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, are subject to extradition, or have otherwise been determined by US officials to be unsafe to remain.

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2021

The deportation of any national of Venezuela, or immigrant without nationality who habitually resided in Venezuela, who is present in the US as of January 20 will be deferred for 18 months. Because of this, Trump said that it was in the foreign policy interest of the US to defer the deportation of Venezuelan nationals.

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