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A Guatemalan teen learned in a Manhattan immigration court that he had just under two weeks to complete an asylum application — in a language he didn’t know.
He's one of thousands being pushed through swift removal proceedings.
My latest for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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NEW: Trump's war on fraud beset by downsized law enforcement workforce, as young prosecutors & agents struggle to meet DOJ/White House pressure to surge fraud cases. VP Vance boasts historic progress, but current & former officials describe challenges. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
ICYMI: A New York appeals court ruled that a state attorney disciplinary panel must make public a letter it sent to John Sarcone, Trump’s pick for US attorney in Albany, related to the panel's professional misconduct finding.
From @bawang: news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
More immigration judges announced today--continuing DOJ's trend of a new class each month since February. This class includes 22 permanent judges and four temporary appointees.
Their bios here: justice.gov/eoir/media/14675…
One is David Vandenberg, who joined the Civil Rights Division in 2025. My colleagues @benjaminpenn @SuzanneMonyak previously reported about the ex-assistant DA in El Paso who faced unprofessional behavior complaints and misdemeanor animal welfare charges. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Latest report shows Trump’s deportation numbers fall short of goals, though an increasing number of people arrested within the interior + who have been here for years. There are gaps in gov reporting. They may even be counting legal immigrants + citizens. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Scoop with @MicaSoellnerDC: DOJ's chief congressional liaison, Patrick Davis, to resign at end of Oct., just as his job would transform post-midterms if Dems take gavel news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
The Justice Department is demanding that two Minnesota federal judges recuse from ongoing immigration cases after giving recent interviews to the New York Times.
More here for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Last month, DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin met w/ Latino pastors in CO-08. It was Rep. Evans’ latest move to address ICE fears. In a district that’s 40% Latino, the breadth of enforcement looms over their industries + lives & House control could be decided here
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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The Fifth Circuit has now publicly posted the documents related to Judge Brown ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/6993a1…
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Worth your read, from @jacq_thomsen:
Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas faces allegations of mishandling her docket and treating other judges and court staff “in a demonstrably egregious and hostile manner."
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Politically appointed DOJ lawyers have submitted more than a dozen court filings in federal trial and appeals courts that haven’t been signed by any career attorneys, a move former department officials say is unusual.
@SuzanneMonyak reports: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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SCOOP: Trump DOJ leaders have halted prosecutors' long-running grand jury probe of Meta Platforms over permitting illicit drug sales. Officials intervened just after Meta execs were subpoenaed to testify. Case likely headed for non-criminal resolution. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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President Trump says Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan is off:
"Many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die."
The administration’s plans to livestream the first public execution in nearly a century lacks legal precedent and invokes a tactic commonly associated in the modern day with authoritarian governments, law professors told @JordanOnRecord and me for @BLaw.
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President Trump announces on Truth Social that the execution of Nidal Hasan will not, in fact, be livestreamed.
Legal experts had told @JordanOnRecord and me that the Pentagon's plans lacked legal precedent and had little public support: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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DHS's review of citizenship applications plummeted by 73% since last year and approvals are down by even more. Admin officials are touting the naturalization decrease as a win for Trump's agenda. @Ximena_Bustillo & @kreighbaum took a dive into the data:
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A new GAO report reveals ICE’s body cameras do not have the ability to automatically turn on. The agency said doing so could lead to privacy concerns. Other agencies, like CBP, do have that feature.
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Immigrants have increasingly lost asylum claims since Trump returned to office and are more likely to lose if their case is before one of his administration’s newest immigration judges. Deep dive from @cecelou18 on how new IJs are ruling
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Immigrants have increasingly lost asylum claims since President Donald Trump returned to office, and are more likely to lose if their case is before one of his administration’s newest immigration judges.
My latest for @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Celine Castronuovo retweeted
SCOOP: The Trump administration is offering migrant children $3,000 to voluntarily depart in immigration court. Sometimes the offer comes from ICE attorneys, other times from the immigration judges themselves.
The kids are as young as 5. W/@cecelou18
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