The war of words between the right-wing Washington administration and the left-wing California government turned into a legal plane: the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against California, its Democratic Governor Jerry Brown and State Attorney General Javier Becerra. The Federal Justice Department Asks The Court To Announce Three New California Laws On ...
The Justice Department is threatening 23 so-called safe haven cities, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, with subpoenas unless they provide documents that support information exchanges between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. Writes about this USA Today. The requirement put forward in ...
On Tuesday, US authorities brought new charges against José Ines García Zarate, who was accused of Kate Steinley’s murder, but was acquitted by a jury in San Francisco. The case helped fuel the national debate over immigration. Federal authorities in San Francisco charged Garcia Zarate with two ...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have arrested 498 people from 42 countries in several cities of refuge throughout the United States. Operation Safe City targeted cities and regions with immigrant asylum status where ICE staff were denied ...
The U.S. House of Representatives has taken the first steps toward fulfilling two of President Trump's key campaign promises, passing bills to increase penalties for undocumented immigrants returning to the U.S. after deportation and slash federal funding for sanctuary cities. According to the Voice of America, legislators by 257 votes...
US cities that fail to cooperate with federal immigration authorities could lose millions of dollars in support from the US Department of Justice. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced this on Monday, writes Voice of America. So-called “sanctuary cities” that help illegal immigrants avoid deportation...
The Governor of Washington State has banned his employees from helping to comply with Donald Trump's immigration order. Jay Inslee signed a decree prohibiting employees from denying services to people based on their civil or legal status and prohibiting helping to detain immigrants, violating their civil rights, ...
Senators of the state of New York have introduced a law that prohibits local law enforcement officers from cooperating with federal authorities, foxnews.com reports. We are talking about the exchange of information regarding illegal immigrants. Exceptions will be cases on charges of violent crimes, terrorism, as well as cases ...
The Mayor of Miami-Dade County ordered to obey the order of President Donald Trump, which obliges them to cooperate with federal authorities to identify and deport illegal immigrants, writes Fox News. For refusal to cooperate, according to the document, the cities of refuge may lose federal funding. Mayor Carlos Jimenez ...
Mayors of a number of American cities have announced that they will not obey the order of President Donald Trump, which obliges them to cooperate with federal authorities to identify and deport illegal immigrants. For refusal to cooperate, according to the document, cities may lose federal funding, reports USA ...