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Oklahoma House passes controversial immigration bill criminalizing ‘impermissible occupation’

JURIST

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 4156 on Thursday by a vote of 77-20, which proposes the creation of the criminal act of impermissible occupation, targeting individuals who willfully enter and remain in Oklahoma without legal authorization to be in the United States. Iowa also passed a similar law in March.

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

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Now-retired prosecutor Ralph Petty earned a living at the Midland County District Attorney’s Office in West Texas. As a subsequent ruling by the Texas Court of Appeals finally made clear, the arrangement was not a momentary lapse in judgment or a one-time offense induced under pressure. Wilson will face similar challenges in Texas.

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Texas governor asserts state right to self-defense in response to escalating southern border tensions

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement asserting Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense on Wednesday as tensions with the Biden administration over security along the US southern border escalated. “ President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants.

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Texas, Louisiana sue federal government for failing to take custody of convicted individuals subject to deportation

JURIST

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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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

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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. In response to increased flooding, the Texas Department of Transportation raised Interstate Highway 10 near Houston and built a concrete median barrier.

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Ghost guns, six-person juries, and discretionary visa decisions

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Texas , involving alleged sex discrimination in juror selection (over the dissent of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson); six-time relist McKesson v. A federal district judge in Texas invalidated the rule and entered a national injunction against it. The court denied review of nine-time relist Compton v.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

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.” The problem, however, is that this is just like the transport of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022, which a number of Democratic leaders and legal experts insisted was also a clear case of kidnapping and human trafficking. Newsom previously asked the U.S. To great acclaim, Rachael Rollins, then the U.S.

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