Hundreds of illegal immigrants who consulted a Boston lawyer in 2001 about a temporary reprieve allowing them to seek work visas in hopes of obtaining legal residency are now facing…
Two immigrants who came to the United States as children have failed to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court that they should be able to use the length of their parents’…
The California Supreme Court is considering whether to grant a law license to an illegal immigrant, a paralegal who came to the United States as a young child.
It hasn’t yet become a deluge. But a trickle of Americans opting to give up their United States citizenship has increased to a steady stream, in conjunction with an ongoing…
In today's podcast, ABA Journal Web producer Lee Rawles speaks with Peter Afrasiabi about his recently released book "Show Trials: How Property Gets More Legal Protection than People in Our Failed Immigration System."
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider the retroactivy of its 2010 decision finding that lawyers have a Sixth Amendment obligation to warn their clients when guilty pleas can…
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. and Paul Clement appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court again on Wednesday, this time arguing over an Arizona immigration law.
The U.S. Solicitor General’s office says it made an inadvertent error when it told the U.S. Supreme Court that federal officials routinely facilitate the return of wrongly deported immigrants.
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama had criticized then-President George W. Bush for using signing statements to ignore parts of legislation.
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Alexander with lawyer Alexandra Hess. Photos by Mary Noble Ours.
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