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US DOJ sues Texas over state law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

The law creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. It also empowers state magistrate judges to hear immigration cases and issue removal orders, in addition to giving law enforcement the responsibility of ensuring compliance with the law. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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US Supreme Court allows Texas law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad to go into effect

JURIST

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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Amnesty International urges Greece authorities to drop charges against migrant rescuers

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Director Nils Muižnieks issued his statement after Greece’s Court of Appeal of Mytilene dropped some of the misdemeanor charges previously laid against the volunteers. The statute of limitations for the remaining misdemeanor charges against the two will expire in February. All we want is justice. We want this to go to trial.

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Freedom of Movement: Understanding Immigration Through The Lens Of Jaywalking Laws

The Crime Report

People walk dangerous routes when the government eliminates or fails to provide legal avenues that are safe, permanent and predictable whether it’s across the street or across an international border. Code made it a crime to cross the border without authorization, with a specific intent to target Mexican immigrants.

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‘Jailhouse Screening’ Puts Undocumented Immigrants at Greater Risk: Paper

The Crime Report

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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US Supreme Court indefinitely stays Texas law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

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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The Collaborative Courtroom: A Proposal

The Crime Report

John Adams believed that the jury trial and representative government were “the heart and lungs of liberty.”. I consider the trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution,” he wrote in a letter to Thomas Paine. Thomas Jefferson thought so too. “I

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