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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. earlier this year, is set to remain in jail for a few more days as his attorneys and federal prosecutors determine whether he’ll be deported if released.
The Department of Justice Tuesday sued every federal district judge in Maryland to challenge a standing court order that temporarily bars the government from deporting people after they have filed a challenge.
Nearly 100,000 North Carolina voters will be required to take an additional step to verify their identity or risk being disenfranchised under a plan approved by the GOP-controlled state board of elections.
The Supreme Court Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries they are not from with minimal notice.
A federal judge ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. earlier this year and imprisoned in El Salvador, should not be detained pending trial on immigrant smuggling charges.
A federal judge halted provisions in President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order issued earlier this year, saying that the 19 states challenging the order have shown a “substantial risk” that it would disenfranchise eligible voters.
A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented federalization of California’s National Guard, calling the move illegal and a “dangerous precedent.”
A federal judge in a hearing Thursday appeared deeply skeptical of the Department of Justice’s legal defense of President Donald Trump federalizing the California National Guard in response to largely peaceful protests in Los Angeles.
Rep. McIver was formally indicted by a federal grand jury on felony charges stemming from her efforts to stop ICE agents from arresting Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked a federal court to issue an emergency order to block President Donald Trump’s use of California National Guard troops and Marines within Los Angeles.