Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Petitioners v. Martin Jonathan Batalla Vidal, et al.

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  1. December 21, 2020

    Top Immigration Cases Of 2020: Year In Review

    The federal courts considered a mountain of immigration litigation this past year, from the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling on protections for young unauthorized immigrants to a flurry of cases challenging immigration detention and visa restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  2. July 06, 2020

    Midyear Report: Top 5 Immigration Rulings Of 2020

    Just six months into 2020, federal courts have already issued a number of key rulings that could shape immigration law, weighing in on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, fast-tracked deportation proceedings and tighter scrutiny on H-1B specialty occupation visas.

  3. June 18, 2020

    High Court Won't Let Trump Administration End DACA

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, preserving protections for hundreds of thousands of young unauthorized immigrants.

  4. March 27, 2020

    High Court Urged To Consider Pandemic In Fate Of DACA

    Advocates of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to consider the ramifications of allowing the Trump administration to shut down the Obama-era program in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, saying nearly 30,000 DACA recipients are health care workers.

  5. November 12, 2019

    High Court DACA Ruling Could Tee Up Another Legal Fight

    A favorable ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court for advocates of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, though unlikely, could pave the way for the Trump administration to rescind the program again and invite more litigation.

  6. November 12, 2019

    High Court Seems Poised To Let Trump End DACA

    The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared sympathetic to the Trump administration during Tuesday's hearing over whether it can rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, with several justices suggesting the decision to shut down the Obama-era program is a matter of agency discretion.

  7. November 08, 2019

    Up Next At High Court: DACA Shutdown, Border Killings

    The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the Trump administration's decision to wind down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for childhood immigrants and whether the parents of a slain Mexican teenager can sue the border agent who killed him, in what's expected to be a dramatic week of oral arguments to close out the November session.

  8. October 15, 2019

    Supreme Court Won't Let Texas Argue In DACA Appeal

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Texas' request to argue on behalf of itself and other states as amici curiae in consolidated litigation over the Trump administration's effort to end an Obama-era policy postponing deportation for about 800,000 young immigrants brought to the country as children without authorization.

  9. October 02, 2019

    Apple Backs DACA As Justices Review Trump Rollback Plan

    Apple Inc. weighed in on Wednesday in a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the Trump administration's 2017 decision to wind down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, telling the justices that the program protected hundreds of its workers who entered the U.S. without authorization as children.

  10. September 30, 2019

    DACA Program's End Based On Flawed Legal Case, AGs Say

    The Trump administration's 2017 decision to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was based on an erroneous reading of a Texas federal court's decision to strike down a different immigration policy, and should be denied by the U.S. Supreme Court, a coalition of 17 state attorneys general wrote in a brief.

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