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Follow-Up: Federal Court Orders Resumption of Application Processing for CHNV and Other Humanitarian Parole Beneficiaries

Warner Norcross + Judd on 5/30/2025

As a follow-up to the April 14 update regarding the federal court’s temporary block on the Trump administration’s termination of the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program, a new ruling has now been issued...more

Recent Developments in U.S. Immigration Policy: Venezuelan TPS, Afghan TPS and Birthright Citizenship

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 5/29/2025

Venezuelan TPS: Legal Challenges and Employment Impacts - On May 19, 2025, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court injunction blocking the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans. As a result of this...more

Nationwide Injunction to Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Mayer Brown on 2/12/2025

AT A GLANCE - Multiple US federal district court judges (including in the states of Maryland and Washington on February 5 and 6, respectively) have issued nationwide injunctions pausing the implementation of the recent...more

Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/27/2025

Summary - The Order requires that laws authorizing capital punishment are respected and faithfully implemented. The Attorney General is mandated to pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use,...more

Web Exclusive - June 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/10/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Supreme Court Preserves Trump Travel Ban in Nod to Presidential Authority

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/29/2018

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legality of President Trump’s Proclamation No. 9645, commonly known as the travel ban, holding that the restrictions imposed by the policy are “squarely...more

Travel Ban Expires, Replaced by Presidential Proclamation Restricting Travel for Certain Nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, North...

Dickinson Wright on 9/29/2017

On September 24, 2017, President Trump issued a proclamation entitled, “Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats” (“the...more

The Immigration Report: 200 Days of the Trump Administration

Vedder Price on 9/15/2017

Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, there is no denying that the first 200 days of President Trump’s administration have been an interesting time for employers impacted by immigration regulations. The whirlwind of...more

US Supreme Court Denies Motion to Clarify Scope of Prior ‘Travel Ban’ Decision

Morgan Lewis on 7/25/2017

The Court’s decision leaves in place the relevant parts of a July 13 decision by a federal district judge in Hawaii finding the administration’s interpretation of “bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United...more

How the Supreme Court's Travel Ban Order Will Impact Businesses

Burr & Forman on 7/12/2017

The United States Supreme Court recently stayed portions of two (2) U.S. Circuit Court opinions and allowed parts of President Trump’s travel ban to go into effect. Foreign nationals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria,...more

The Travel Ban – A Quick Update

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/5/2017

The Supreme Court’s decision on June 26 to take up the travel ban cases this fall, and in the meantime partially lift the injunction on the President’s travel ban, has created renewed uncertainty for certain travelers....more

Immigration Alert: Travel Ban Partially Reinstated

Vedder Price on 6/29/2017

On January 27, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order banning visa issuance and travel to the United States for all refugees and travelers from seven countries (Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) for...more

Supreme Court Partially Revives President’s Travel Ban, But Imposes Limitations

Fisher Phillips on 6/28/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court announced this week that portions of the controversial Executive Order No. 13780, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” (known informally as the “travel ban”),...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Travel Ban

Mintz on 6/28/2017

On June 26, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a mixed decision in the “Travel Ban” litigation, relating to Presidential Executive Order 13780 (“EO”). As explained in more detail below, the SCOTUS decision gave a...more

Supreme Court allows Trump Administration to Partially Enforce Travel Ban

Burr & Forman on 6/28/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order today that granted the Trump Administration’s petitions for certiorari and partially granted the Administration’s motions to stay injunctions of the so-called “travel ban.” This means...more

U.S. Supreme Court Partially Lifts Injunction on President Trump’s March Executive Order on Immigration Policy

Littler on 6/27/2017

On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) partially lifted the injunction and agreed to hear arguments on President Trump’s March 6, 2017 executive order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign...more

Religious Institutions Update: June 2017

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/1/2017

Timely Topics - The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, No. 15-577. The lawsuit concerns whether the daycare operated by a Missouri church may qualify...more

What Can Employers Expect from the Trump Administration in the Upcoming Year?

FordHarrison on 2/23/2017

It has been a little less than a month since President Donald Trump took office, and employers are anxious to see what changes the new administration will make that will affect both businesses and employees. President Trump...more

Plan to Grant Work Authorization to Millions Remains on Hold After Supreme Court Denies Request for Rehearing

Littler on 10/5/2016

On the first day of its new term, the United States Supreme Court sidestepped another opportunity to determine the constitutionality of President Obama’s executive immigration reforms. On October 3, 2016, the Court denied...more

Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Immigration Case

Cozen O'Connor on 10/5/2016

On Monday, October 3rd the Supreme Court denied the Obama administration’s request to rehear arguments in United States v. Texas, a case involving President Obama’s 2014 executive actions on immigration. The Supreme Court...more

Deadlocked Supreme Court Presents Another Roadblock For President’s Immigration Actions

Fisher Phillips on 6/24/2016

In a 4-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it could not reach a majority consensus on President Obama’s Executive Action on immigration. As a result, the Executive Action remains subject to an injunction...more

Immigration Showdown: Defeat for the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action Policies

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/24/2016

On Thursday, June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States reached a 4 – 4 tie on issues related to the validity of the Obama administration’s contested immigration programs, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans...more

U.S. Supreme Court is Weighing the Merits of U.S. vs. Texas The Legality of President Obama’s Executive Action Granting Deferred...

Poyner Spruill LLP on 5/10/2016

In November of 2014, Secretary of Homeland Security Johnson issued new policies based upon President Obama’s Executive Order allowing certain undocumented individuals who entered the U.S. on or before January 1, 2010, to...more

Policy Fights in the Courts: United States v. Texas

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 5/3/2016

On April 18, 2016, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a major immigration suit, United States v. Texas. This case is a highly-politicized lawsuit in which dozens of states have sued the federal government over what is...more

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Important Immigration Case, United States v. Texas

Cozen O'Connor on 4/20/2016

On April 18, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Texas, the lawsuit challenging President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. The case concerns a program that President Obama announced...more

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