The House of Delegates has advanced a slate of anti-illegal immigrant bills, including one that would require Virginia’s public colleges to bar undocumented students from enrolling and another that would deny public benefits to people in the country illegally. The ...

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A Loudoun County general district judge has refused to abide by the high court’s ruling against reopening cases of immigrants who face deportation from criminal convictions. The judge determined to reopen an old case to reconsider the guilty plea of ...

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The 4th Circuit has no jurisdiction to review a Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of a Salvadoran’s application for asylum and protection under the UN Convention Against Torture, based on his claim that he fears violent persecution by gangs in ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies a defendant’s motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 alleging he received ineffective assistance of counsel from a lawyer who failed to advise that his guilty plea to criminal charges could lead to deportation; the ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia appeared to clear the way Thursday for judges to defer judgment in criminal cases and enter a finding of not guilty even when they find the law and facts sufficient for a finding of guilt. ...

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A Peruvian’s 1997 Virginia adjudication for marijuana possession pursuant to Va. Code § 18.2-251, in which a judge deferred adjudication and ordered probation, did not count as a “conviction” under a federal immigration statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(48)(A), and the ...

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A Panamanian citizen and permanent U.S. resident who joined the U.S. Army but then was convicted of a drug offense by a military court cannot obtain review of the denial of his motion to terminate removal proceedings, as the 4th ...

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WASHINGTON – Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are grappling with issues of gender bias, judicial remedies, and congressional power in a case considering the constitutionality of a law that makes it easier for a child of unmarried parents to ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court exercises its discretion to remand this naturalization application to the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service, and denies a writ of mandamus to require adjudication of the application. Title 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) provides that a ...

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A Salvadoran national cannot sue under Bivens for alleged injuries from an ICE agent who allegedly assaulted him prior to his removal from the U.S., says an Alexandria U.S. District Court. Defendant argues the Immigration and Naturalization Act precludes this ...

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