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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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A Texas federal judge struck down the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s transgender employee protection policy on Thursday, stating the policy contradicts the plain text of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas said that Congress is the entity that can add [...]

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The US District Court for the District of Columbia granted a motion for preliminary injunction sought by the American Bar Association (ABA) on Wednesday, temporarily blocking the Trump administration from canceling a series of grants to the ABA that fund legal services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. At the outset, Judge Christopher Cooper [...]

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Refugees International (RI) stated Wednesday that it welcomes US President Donald Trump’s decision to lift US sanctions on Syria, calling it a crucial step toward recovery after years of devastating conflict. Sanctions originally intended to prevent war profiteering backfired, RI noted, hurting civilians by blocking humanitarian aid. Their removal, following interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rise [...]

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Michigan Judge Sima Patel struck down three of Michigan’s abortion restrictions, including its 24-hour waiting period, on Tuesday. The court ruled that the restrictions served to “deny, burden, or infringe” upon the reproductive freedom of individuals seeking abortion care. Moreover, the three restrictions were found to neither serve a state interest nor protect patient health. [...]

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A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down one of the key remaining ways to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) on Wednesday. In a 2-1 decision, Judges Raymond Gruender and Jonathan Kobes held that §2 of the VRA does not confer a “private right of action for [...]

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A federal judge on Tuesday stripped New York City of its control over the Rikers Island jail, which will now effectively be run by a third-party “remediation manager.” This comes after the same judge held the city in contempt last November for failing to reduce violence in the notorious jail complex. Rikers Island is one [...]

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