All posts tagged "Immigration"

A federal judge is demanding answers from the Trump Justice Department after prosecutors' splashy announcement about a fraud case went sideways.

In an order issued Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Irick directed the government to name the people who wrote and posted a press release falsely claiming all 13 defendants in a Florida immigration fraud case were foreign nationals, according to a post on X by court records researcher Seamus Hughes. Those people must then explain in writing why they should not be sanctioned.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida put out the release Monday under a headline touting "13 Foreign Nationals Charged." Its opening line said the defendants were from Brazil and Cuba....

Two Justice Department lawyers defending Chicago’s federal prosecutors against misconduct claims asked to withdraw from the case as a judge weighs possible criminal contempt findings related to fallout from President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Chicago.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diane MacArthur and Nathaniel Whalen each told the court Friday that they were “no longer assigned to this case,” in motions filed by MacArthur and Whalen. Neither gave a reason.

Friday was also U.S. District Judge April Perry’s deadline for U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros’ office to turn over evidence to help her make “findings of fact regarding potential sanctions or criminal contempt,” the Chicago Sun-Times reported Oct. 9....

An ICE agent told a federal judge that a deportation flight to Equatorial Guinea had been canceled. But the next day, the plane arrived — prompting lawyers for a man the government was ordered to bring home to accuse the administration of lying in court.

That’s according to The American Prospect, which reported Friday that lawyers called out the government’s sworn account as “plainly false” and asked the judge to stop the aircraft from leaving without their client, Ahmed Soliman.

The plane departed roughly two and a half hours after landing, before the judge ruled....

An immigration enforcement operation that left a Houston man seriously injured has taken a stunning turn after a family recognized the photograph of the person federal agents claimed they were pursuing.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said agents were attempting to arrest Jose Mendoza Cervantes on Oct. 10 when Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, fled from a vehicle and was struck by an ICE SUV.

But the man pictured in an ICE wanted notice had reportedly been dead for nearly a decade, according to NBC News....

The Trump administration is weighing a costly new immigration enforcement tool that a former official warns “raises serious concerns at every step.”

Officials have held early talks about loading migrants onto ships, including ferries and a 500-foot former training vessel, and sailing them to Central and South America, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing two U.S. officials.

The trips could stretch for days and cost millions of dollars apiece, far more than the deportation flights the government already relies on....

The Trump White House stopped a cleared Homeland Security order weeks before the midterms, catching some inside the department by surprise.

The Department of Homeland Security had approved a notice this month ending temporary protected status for roughly 200,000 Salvadorans before the White House intervened, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing an administration official and three other people close to the Trump administration.

The protections were due to lapse three weeks ago unless extended, and the Trump administration has yet to make a call either way. DHS and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had signed off on the notice for publication in the Federal Register when the White House stepped in....