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Watchdog group American Oversight filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Education, alleging that President Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully targeted Harvard University’s tax-exempt status for political retaliation. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks [...]

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Oklahoma District Court Judge Bernard Jones granted a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, blocking HB 4156 from allowing the criminalization of noncitizens’ irregular entry and unauthorized stay in the state of Oklahoma. This decision is part of a lawsuit that is an amended complaint, with the plaintiffs having filed a motion for a temporary restraining [...]

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A US federal judge ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump had “no constitutional authority” to fire staff and terminate programmatic activities at the US Institute of Peace (USIP) (United States Inst. of Peace v. Jackson). In her opinion, Judge Howell stated that the Administration violated §4605(f) of the USIP Act—the “for-cause removal” provision—when it [...]

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On Monday, the US Supreme Court granted a stay to a US district court order in NTPSA v. Noem, allowing the vacatur of the temporary protection status (TPS) for 350,000 Venezuelans to proceed. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a vacatur notice on February 3, thereby vacating the temporary protection status issued by [...]

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Amnesty International on Monday called for an investigation into the US air-strike on a migrant detention center in Sa’ada, Yemen, on April 28, that killed and injured dozens of migrants. This follows months of US air-strikes in Yemen that have resulted in a high number of civilian casualties. Amnesty International’s secretary general Agnès Callamard stated: [...]

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Refugees International and the Women’s Refugee Commission released a joint report on Friday that outlines the severe effects of recent US policy shifts and aid cuts on humanitarian protections for migrants and asylum seekers throughout the region. Identified impacts included the destruction of protection routes and an increased strain on Costa Rica’s overburdened asylum system. [...]

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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court to charges alleging she interfered with federal immigration enforcement by assisting a noncitizen avoiding arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Judge Dugan is facing two federal charges, the first being concealing an individual to prevent arrest, and the second obstruction [...]

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A US federal appeals court on Friday rejected a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to restart a controversial deportation policy that would send migrants to countries where they have no prior ties, including countries like Libya and El Salvador. The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied the motion by the Department [...]

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US President Donald Trump’s administration admitted on Friday that the deportation of a man identified as OCG was based on erroneous information. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said that there was no record of the man telling ICE that he was not afraid to go back to Mexico, attributing the error to an agency [...]

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On Friday, the US Supreme Court granted an emergency petition and an application for injunction to detained supposed members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) being held under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). On March 15, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act and classified TdA, a Venezuelan gang, as a terrorist organization. Following this classification, [...]

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