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The Department of Homeland Security stated late Monday that it would end the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as "Remain in Mexico," and begin to welcome illegal aliens waiting in Mexico back into U.S. communities after a federal court removed the last remaining hurdle. . . . Read more about DHS Ends' Remain in Mexico' After Final Court Hurdle

Conservative judges on the U.S. Appeals Court want the United States Supreme Court to overrule a case that sided with liberal justices who say encouraging illegal aliens to stay in the United States is a matter of free speech.

Nine conservative judges said a federal immigration law that makes such behavior a crime should apply. . . . Read more about Court Divide: Conservative Judges Say Enforce Immigration Law While Libs Want More Migrants

A federal jury convicted a Texas trucker for trying to smuggle 124 migrants in a tractor-trailer past a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. As a defense, the driver claimed he did not know there were migrants in the vehicle. . . . Read more about Texas Trucker Convicted of Smuggling 124 Migrants

In all fairness to Comrade Garland, it isn‘t just naked political spite that‘s driving these dismissals. There has developed a huge and unsightly backlog of cases waiting for review. The Biden Administration has decided to deal with that backlog by just dismissing most cases on sight. . . . Read more about Comrade Garland Purging Immigration Judges—But At Least He’s Not On SCOTUS

 WASHINGTON—Yesterday, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) filed a friend-of-the-court brief before the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, in a case that puts federal immigration detention in the state of California in peril. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit had struck down California’s statute outlawing private detention centers as it applied to immigration detention centers run by federal contractors, but the full Ninth Circuit vacated that decision and is rehearing the case en banc. . . . Read more about Will Ninth Circuit Close Alien Detention Centers in California?

The illegal immigrant involved in the shooting death of Kate Steinle in 2015 was sentenced to time already served on Monday in connection with federal charges against him.

Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate was acquitted of murder in the death of Steinle, who was struck down by a bullet while walking on a San Francisco pier with her family. . . . Read more about Illegal Immigrant Acquitted of Murdering Kate Steinle Sentenced on Federal Weapons Charges

U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays in Lafayette, Louisiana, ordered that the restrictions stay in place while a lawsuit led by Arizona and Louisiana — and now joined by 22 other states — plays out in court. . . . Read more about Breaking: Judge Blocks Biden Admin from Ending Title 42

WASHINGTON—After the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing against the dismissal of a Florida case challenging the Biden Administration’s policy of releasing illegal aliens into the United States rather than detaining or removing them, the federal district court hearing the case ordered the administration to respond to IRLI’s arguments. . . . Read more about Victory! Florida Catch and Release Case Presses On

This week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio blocked the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement policy guidance that restrains U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing immigration law in nearly all circumstances. . . . Read more about Federal Court Rules Against Biden Enforcement Restrictions

WASHINGTON—Today an Ohio federal district court granted a preliminary injunction, sought by Arizona, Montana, and Ohio, against the Biden administration policy of detaining and removing far fewer criminal aliens than had the previous administration. . . . Read more about Victory! Biden Non-Enforcement Enjoined Nationwide