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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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Last term, the court dismissed as improvidently granted, or “DIG”ed , a case brought by Republican-controlled states challenging the government’s repeal of a Trump-era immigration policy known as the “public charge” rule. Cook County, Illinois. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In Texas v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

(He might have had to answer some more difficult questions, though, since he was even then seeking to regularize his immigration status after entering the United States unlawfully.) City of Chicago, Illinois , 20-1214 , petitioner Fred Eychaner owned property in Chicago’s “River West” area. City of Chicago, Illinois , 20-1214.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2022

LeDure asked the justices to interpret a key phrase of the Locomotive Inspection Act , a federal statute that requires railroads to regularly inspect and implement safety measures for their locomotives. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s decision blocking enforcement of the Obama administration’s deferred-action immigration policy.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Cook County, Illinois , 20-450 , involve the Trump administration’s “public charge rule.” Under the Immigration and Nationality Act , immigrants can be denied green cards if, “in the opinion of” the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the person is “likely at any time to become a public charge.” (relisted after the Jan.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. First, the Supreme Court concluded that the statute requiring Commission approval of affiliated-interest agreement did not require environmental review. Maui and Honolulu oppose the extension request. County of Maui v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

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. to Weigh in on Illinois Zero Emissions Credit Program for Nuclear Plants. 6, 2018; petitioners’ response Feb.

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