Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Immigration. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Catholic Diocese Sues Feds Over Rule Change For Religious Worker Visas

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Suit was filed last month in a New Jersey federal district court by the Catholic diocese of Patterson, New Jersey and by several Catholic pr...
Wednesday, July 03, 2024

Court Rejects Texas AG's Challenge To Catholic Agency Assisting Migrants

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 As previously reported , a legal battle has been underway between Annunciation House, a Catholic agency serving migrants and refugees in El...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Texas AG Seeks to Liquidate Catholic Agency Providing Services to Migrants

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 A legal battle is underway between Annunciation House , a Catholic agency serving migrants and refugees in El Paso, and Texas Attorney Gene...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Court Upholds Procedure for Obtaining Immigrant Religious Worker Classification

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In Society of the Divine Word v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services ,  (ND IL, July 20, 2023), an Illinois federal district court r...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Immigration Officials Violated Pastor's Free Exercise Rights

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In Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security , (SD CA, March 21, 2023), a California federal district court held that U.S. immigration o...
Thursday, November 25, 2021

9th Circuit: BIA Should Consider Evangelical Christians Separately From All Christians In Assessing Deportation Risk

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In Nababan v. Garland ,  (9th Cir., Nov. 23, 2021), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

DC Circuit: USCIS Denial Of Religious Worker Visa Violated RFRA

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In National Capital Presbytery v. Mayorkas , (D DC, Oct. 19, 2021), the D.C. federal district court held that USCIS violated the Religious F...
Friday, September 24, 2021

Rules On Religious Workers' Visas Upheld

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In Salesian Society, Province of St. Philip the Apostle, Inc. v. Mayorkas ,  (D DC, Sept. 22, 2021), the D.C. federal district court dismiss...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Texas Governor's Order Invalid; Catholic Charities Can Continue Work With Migrants

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In United States v. State of Texas ,  (WD TX, Aug. 26, 2021), a Texas federal district court held unconstitutional on Supremacy Clause groun...
Friday, March 19, 2021

Court Rejects Claims of Discrimination Against Yemeni Family Members Of US Citizens

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In Almakalani v. McAleenan , (ED NY, March 16, 2021), a New York federal district court rejected a number of challenges to alleged unreason...
Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Sanctuary Leaders Sue Over Targeting and Excessive Fines

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Suit was filed last month in D.C. federal district court by advocacy groups and individuals who are leaders in the sanctuary movement claimi...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Biden Ends Trump Administration's "Muslim-Bans"

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President Joe Biden yesterday issued a Proclamation ( full text ) revoking the Trump administration's controversial travel bans that ma...
Friday, July 03, 2020

Church's Appeal of Visa For Its Music Director Fails

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In  Liberty Church of the Assemblies of God v. Pompeo , (D MA, July 1, 2020), a Massachusetts federal district court invoked the doctrine of...
Thursday, June 25, 2020

Supreme Court Rejects Asylum Seeker's Challenge To Limits On Review Of Claims

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The U.S. Supreme Court today in Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam , (US Sup. Ct., June 25, 2020) upheld against constitutiona...
Tuesday, June 09, 2020

4th Circuit Dismisses "Muslim Ban" Lawsuits

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In International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump,  (4th Cir., June 8, 2020), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed three separ...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

2nd Circuit: Chinese Christian Convert Does Not Have Reasonable Fear of Persecution Upon Deportation

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In Wang v. Barr ,  (2d Cir., Feb. 24, 2020), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the denial of asylum to a Chinese citizen who had ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Court Accepts RFRA Defenses of Volunteers Feeding Migrants

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In United States v. Hoffman , (D AZ, Feb. 3, 2020), an Arizona federal district court reversed the criminal convictions of four volunteers a...
Sunday, February 02, 2020

Trump Extends Some Travel Ban Restrictions To Six More Countries

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In an exceptionally long Presidential Proclamation ( full text ), President Trump on Friday extended tailored restrictions under his controv...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Court Denies Preliminary Injunction To Pastor Targeted For Ministering To Migrants

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In Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security ,  (SD CA, Jan. 28, 2020), a California federal district court refused to grant a prelimina...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

4th Circuit Hears Arguments In Challenge To Trump's Travel Ban

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The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in  International Refugee Assistance P...