Biden DOJ seeks to preserve border officials' power to turn away asylum seekers

Biden DOJ seeks to preserve border officials’ power to turn away asylum seekers

A Justice Department attorney argued Tuesday for American immigration officials’ authority to limit the number of asylum-seekers allowed to cross into the U.S. from Mexico each day, even as President Joe Biden’s administration is attempting to distance itself from the …

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House fight for Trump's financial records poised to stretch into the summer

House fight for Trump’s financial records poised to stretch into the summer

Congressional investigators fighting to access former President Donald Trump’s financial records are planning for a lengthy battle that stretches deep into 2021, according to a proposed legal schedule unveiled by House counsel Doug Letter on Tuesday. In a filing on …

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Judge: Trump appointee lacked authority to rein in DACA

Judge: Trump appointee lacked authority to rein in DACA

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf lacked the authority to issue a directive that blocked new applications for the Obama-era program benefiting so-called Dreamers, a federal judge ruled Saturday. Brooklyn-based U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis concluded that a series …

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Timeline: How President Trump’s travel ban unraveled

(CNN)President Donald Trump has actually promised to keep battling in court after a federal appeals court on Thursday ruled versus renewing his travel restriction disallowing residents from 7 Muslim-majority nations from getting in the United States for 90 days and …

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