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A Guatemalan teen learned in a Manhattan immigration court that he had just under two weeks to complete an asylum application — in a language he didn’t know.
He's one of thousands being pushed through swift removal proceedings.
My latest for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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The Fifth Circuit has now publicly posted the documents related to Judge Brown ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/6993a1…
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Worth your read, from @jacq_thomsen:
Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas faces allegations of mishandling her docket and treating other judges and court staff “in a demonstrably egregious and hostile manner."
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Politically appointed DOJ lawyers have submitted more than a dozen court filings in federal trial and appeals courts that haven’t been signed by any career attorneys, a move former department officials say is unusual.
@SuzanneMonyak reports: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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SCOOP: Trump DOJ leaders have halted prosecutors' long-running grand jury probe of Meta Platforms over permitting illicit drug sales. Officials intervened just after Meta execs were subpoenaed to testify. Case likely headed for non-criminal resolution. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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President Trump says Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan is off:
"Many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die."
The administration’s plans to livestream the first public execution in nearly a century lacks legal precedent and invokes a tactic commonly associated in the modern day with authoritarian governments, law professors told @JordanOnRecord and me for @BLaw.
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President Trump announces on Truth Social that the execution of Nidal Hasan will not, in fact, be livestreamed.
Legal experts had told @JordanOnRecord and me that the Pentagon's plans lacked legal precedent and had little public support: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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DHS's review of citizenship applications plummeted by 73% since last year and approvals are down by even more. Admin officials are touting the naturalization decrease as a win for Trump's agenda. @Ximena_Bustillo & @kreighbaum took a dive into the data:
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A new GAO report reveals ICE’s body cameras do not have the ability to automatically turn on. The agency said doing so could lead to privacy concerns. Other agencies, like CBP, do have that feature.
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Immigrants have increasingly lost asylum claims since Trump returned to office and are more likely to lose if their case is before one of his administration’s newest immigration judges. Deep dive from @cecelou18 on how new IJs are ruling
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Immigrants have increasingly lost asylum claims since President Donald Trump returned to office, and are more likely to lose if their case is before one of his administration’s newest immigration judges.
My latest for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Celine Castronuovo retweeted
SCOOP: The Trump administration is offering migrant children $3,000 to voluntarily depart in immigration court. Sometimes the offer comes from ICE attorneys, other times from the immigration judges themselves.
The kids are as young as 5. W/@cecelou18
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SCOOP from @Ximena_Bustillo and me: the Trump administration is offering children as young as 5 years old $3,000 to voluntarily leave the US, according to attorneys and advocacy organizations.
More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
The administration’s plans to livestream the first public execution in nearly a century lacks legal precedent and invokes a tactic commonly associated in the modern day with authoritarian governments, law professors told @JordanOnRecord and me for @BLaw.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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NEW: Lawyers for Olympic canoeist charged with damaging reflecting pool want DOJ IG investigation of US Attorney Jeanine Pirro for her actions in the failed prosecution.
They lodge new accusations that Pirro interrogated defense expert mid-inspection. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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JUST IN: Federal judge has blocked Trump's termination of court-appointed Seattle US attorney Roger Rogoff, for now, ordering AG Blanche to give him access to the office right away. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
JUST IN: The DC US attorney’s office is barred from reviving its case against a former Olympic canoeist over alleged damage to the Reflecting Pool, per a ruling from a DC Superior Court judge today dismissing the case with prejudice.
For @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has elevated a longstanding concern that prosecutors and agents need clearer guidance on which investigative steps are permissible to avoid affecting an election, @benjaminpenn reports
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The Fifth Circuit rejected a motion to freeze a ruling against a Biden-era regulation on immigration judges' proceeding pauses.
It comes as DOJ has removed administrative closure orders from judges’ template database, per two people familiar.
For @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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As the fiscal year comes to a close today, ICE deaths in custody have nearly doubled over last FY. The DHS OIG tells me they're preparing to increase their oversight capacity. But formers say the absence of other offices is felt.
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