Justice Elena Kagan’s father was 3 years old when the census taker came to the family’s apartment on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, on April 10, 1930. Robert Kagan was initially wrongly listed as an “alien,” though he was ...

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Justice Elena Kagan’s father was 3 years old when the census taker came to the family’s apartment on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, on April 10, 1930. Robert Kagan was initially wrongly listed as an “alien,” though he was ...

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  After they entered the U.S., were detained by Border Patrol agents, and placed in removal proceedings, petitioners applied for withholding of removal, arguing they would face persecution if returned to Guatemala due to their membership in social groups of ...

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Petitioner, a citizen of Ghana who was ordered removed, petitioned for review of the denial of his motion to reopen and reconsider. Where the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioner’s motion, it could decline to reopen or ...

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Detained asylum seekers who have shown they have a credible fear of returning to their country will no longer be able to ask a judge to grant them bond. U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided Tuesday that asylum seekers who ...

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Detained asylum seekers who have shown they have a credible fear of returning to their country will no longer be able to ask a judge to grant them bond. U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided Tuesday that asylum seekers who ...

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Top administration officials have been discussing ways to increase pressure on countries with high numbers of citizens who overstay short-term visas, as part of President Donald Trump’s growing focus on immigration heading into his re-election campaign. The administration could introduce ...

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Top administration officials have been discussing ways to increase pressure on countries with high numbers of citizens who overstay short-term visas, as part of President Donald Trump’s growing focus on immigration heading into his re-election campaign. The administration could introduce ...

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  Petitioner, a Salvadoran citizen, petitioned for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ dismissal of petitioner’s appeal of an immigration judge’s decision denying petitioner withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture and denying petitioner’s motion to ...

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  Petitioner petitioned for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ dismissal of her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision to deny petitioner’s motion to reopen proceedings. Where BIA did not abuse its discretion in dismiss petitioner’s appeal of the ...

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Three decades ago, Lori Ann Bourgeois was guarding fighter jets at an air base. After her discharge, she fell into drug addiction. She wound up living on the streets and was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. But on a recent ...

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