16 h. ago Texas judge throws out rule that would have capped credit card late fees

A Texas judge has thrown out a federal rule that would have capped credit card late fees

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17 h. ago Judge rebukes Trump officials for not securing return of wrongly deported man

Administration will have to share under oath how it’s trying to get Kilmar Ábrego García back to US, says district judgeA federal judge sharply rebuked the Trump administration and scolded officials on Tuesday for taking no steps to secure the return of a man wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, as the US supreme court had ordered in a contentious ruling last week.The US district judge Paula Xinis said that Donald Trump’s news conference with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, where the leaders joked that Kilmar Ábrego García would not be released, did not count as compliance. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Judge orders federal agencies to release billions of dollars from two Biden

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country

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18 h. ago Justice Department can cut funding for legal guidance for people facing deportation, US judge says

A federal judge has allowed the U.S. Department of Justice to temporarily stop funding legal education programs for people facing deportation or immigration court while a lawsuit brought by the organizations that provide the service moves forward in court

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20 h. ago Canadian universities report jump in US applicants amid Trump crackdown

UBC and others report spike in interest from US citizens as Trump withholds funds and revokes foreign student visasMore students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.Officials at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Vancouver campus said the school reported a 27% jump in graduate applications as of 1 March from US citizens for programs starting in the 2025 academic year, compared with all of 2024. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Federal judge drops contempt case against ICE agent over arrest outside Boston courthouse

A federal judge has dismissed a contempt case against an ICE agent whose arrest of man during his trial sparked criticism among the law enforcement community in Boston

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25 h. ago Judge in Colorado puts temporary hold on removals sought by Trump under 18th century wartime law

A federal judge has put a temporary hold on deportations of immigrants in Colorado who face possible removal under President Donald Trump's invocation of an 18th century law known as the Alien Enemies Act

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40 h. ago Columbia student activist and green card holder arrested during citizenship interview

Mohsen Mahdawi is among latest Palestinian international students targeted by Trump administration for their activism

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44 h. ago Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian green card holder and Columbia student, detained by Ice

Mahdawi was at a naturalization interview in Vermont when he was taken in move his lawyers say is ‘retaliation’Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green card holder and student at Columbia University, was apprehended by US immigration authorities in Vermont on Monday, according to his lawyers and a video of the incident.Mahdawi, who was a leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia last spring, was arrested by Ice on Monday morning in Colchester, Vermont, while he was attending a naturalization interview, his lawyer said in a statement to the Guardian. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Judge in Vermont considers whether he has jurisdiction of detained Tufts University student's case

A federal judge in Vermont who's considering whether he has jurisdiction over the case of a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration officials has raised the idea of having her brought back to his court for a hearing

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3 d. ago Trump lawyers confirm wrongly deported Maryland man in El Salvador prison

Administration fails to show they have taken any steps to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego García The Trump administration on Saturday confirmed to a federal judge that a Maryland man who was wrongly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.However, the White House filing did not address the judge’s demands that the administration detail the steps it was taking to return Kilmar Abrego García to the United States. The White House only confirmed that García was under the authority of the El Salvador government. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US won't say whether it's facilitating return of mistakenly deported man, despite judge's order

The Trump administration has confirmed to a federal judge that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remained confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador

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3 d. ago The case against Mahmoud Khalil is meant to silence American dissent | Moustafa Bayoumi

The open door of American democracy is slamming shut faster and louder than we could have imaginedOn Friday afternoon, a federal immigration judge in Louisiana ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, the lawful permanent resident who was arrested last month for his advocacy for Palestinian rights at Columbia University, was removable – that is to say, deportable – under the law.Let’s be absolutely clear about how outrageous this decision is. The judge, Jamee Comans, had given the Trump administration a deadline to produce the evidence required to show that Khalil should be deported. In a functional state, such evidence would rise to a standard of extreme criminality necessitating deportation. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal aid to Maine to comply with requirements under a law aimed at prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education

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4 d. ago Immigration judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported: a timeline of events

An immigration judge has ruled that a Palestinian Columbia University graduate student who participated in protests against Israel can be deported

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4 d. ago What to know about activist Mahmoud Khalil and his attorneys' plan to appeal his deportation ruling

An immigration judge has ruled that a Palestinian Columbia University graduate student who participated in protests against Israel can be deported

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4 d. ago I disagree with Mahmoud Khalil’s politics. But the deportation decision is abhorrent | Jo

Expelling the Columbia activist for his views would leave our nation weaker and endanger all of our rightsWhen the federal immigration judge Jamee Comans ruled in favor of allowing the government to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student in the US on a legal visa, her decision was based on “foreign policy concerns” presented by US secretary of state Marco Rubio. It was so shocking that I had to reread the news report several times before I could believe it.Rubio’s claim is based on Khalil’s leadership role in the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. I didn’t agree with Khalil’s politics when he led the protests and I don’t agree today with his politics, nor even his actions during the protests. But I’m unwavering in supporting his right to his views, and his right to shout them in what, until Trump took the reins, was our free American nation.Jo-Ann Mort, who writes and reports frequently about Israel/Palestine is also author of the forthcoming book of poetry, ...

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4 d. ago Judge allows Trump administration to deport Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil over pro

Immigration court judge will allow government to continue removal efforts against green card holder

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4 d. ago Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil based on the federal government’s argument that he poses a national security risk

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4 d. ago Federal judge refuses to block immigration enforcement operations in houses of worship

A federal judge has refused to block immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations at houses of worship in a lawsuit filed by religious groups over a new policy adopted by the Trump administration

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