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Immigration Newsletter for Tuesday April 07, 2026 ( 21 items )  

15 Greenberg Traurig Shareholders Selected for 2026 Law360 Editorial Advisory Boards
MIAMI, Florida, April 6 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * 15 Greenberg Traurig Shareholders Selected for 2026 Law360 Editorial Advisory Boards * NEW YORK - April 6, 2026 - Fifteen shareholders from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP were selected as members of Law360 's 2026 editorial advisory boards. Board members will provide feedback and offer insights on Law360 's coverage to help shape future reporting. The selected  more

Attorney General Rayfield, State Lawmakers to Hear Directly from East Multnomah County Residents at Gresham Town Hall
SALEM, Oregon, April 6 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield, State Lawmakers to Hear Directly from East Multnomah County Residents at Gresham Town Hall * As Oregonians raise questions about federal overreach, immigration enforcement, and voting rights protections, Attorney General Dan Rayfield is convening local state leaders in East Multnomah County for a town hall this Wednesday to listen and respond. Attorney General Ra  more

Berger Montague Advances Forced Labor Case Against Conexus Medstaff After Surviving Key Dismissal Motions
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 6 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Berger Montague, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Berger Montague Advances Forced Labor Case Against Conexus Medstaff After Surviving Key Dismissal Motions * Berger Montague, a leading national plaintiff law firm, will move forward with individual confidential arbitrations and, separately, class action claims in a forced labor case alleging that Conexus Medstaff LLC ("Conexus"), an international healthcare staffing c  more

CalState-Channel Islands: Campus Talk and Book Signing With Dr. Marla A. Ramirez
CAMARILLO, California, April 7 -- California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: * * * Campus Talk and Book Signing with Dr. Marla A. Ramirez Dr. Marla A. Ramirez, Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be providing a talk about her new book, Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 22 from Noon to 1:30 p.m. at El Dorado Hall. The book is a mo  more

Center for Law and Social Policy: Trump's Budget Proposal Endangers Families, People Pushed to the Margins
WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The Center for Law and Social Policy issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Budget Proposal Endangers Families, People Pushed to the Margins This statement can be attributed to Wendy Chun-Hoon, president and executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). * The Trump Administration's budget proposal predictably cuts support for children, families, and workers, at a time when families are already struggling to make ends meet. It's the sam  more

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Habeas Forever
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 4 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Bill Glahn: * * * Habeas forever It's been ten days since the federal 8th circuit court of appeals issued a major immigration ruling, throwing out the unlawful legal theory used by local judges to free more than 1,000 ICE detainees in Minnesota. The 8th circuit ruling is binding on the Min  more

CHANCELL-ING: The UC Davis School of Law Is Committed to Justice for All
DAVIS, California, April 6 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news: * * * CHANCELL-ING: The UC Davis School of Law Is Committed to Justice for All * Many of us learned the phrase "and justice for all" before we were old enough to understand how unevenly justice is experienced in this country. In practice, access to legal help is too often shaped by geography, income and circumstance. At the UC Davis School of Law, our faculty and students stand up for those denied e  more

Coalition of 39 Former DOJ Staff Urges Court to Hold ICE, Other Federal Agents Accountable
WASHINGTON, April 6 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Coalition of 39 Former DOJ Staff Urges Court to Hold ICE, Other Federal Agents Accountable * WASHINGTON -Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) submitted a brief on behalf of 39 former career civil servants who worked in the Special Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division in T  more

DHS Slams Fairfax County District Attorney's Office for Offering Insane 5-Year Plea Deal to Two Illegal Alien Murderers
WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Slams Fairfax County District Attorney's Office for Offering Insane 5-Year Plea Deal to Two Illegal Alien Murderers * Today, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) condemned the Fairfax County District Attorney's Office for offering two convicted illegal alien murderers, Maldin Anibal Guzman-Videz and Luis Alonzo Sort-Portillo, an insane plea deal after the two stabbe  more

Governor Kelly Vetoes Eight Bills
TOPEKA, Kansas, April 6 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Vetoes Eight Bills * TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed eight bills. The following veto message is from Governor Kelly regarding her veto of Senate Bill 254: "America's immigration system is broken, but this is not the way to fix it. This bill targets Kansans who were brought to the United States as children. To punish these kids for decisions their parents made years ago   more

House OKs Removal of Officials Who Leak Immigration Enforcement Info
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on April 6, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * House OKs Removal of Officials Who Leak Immigration Enforcement Info The state House of Representatives on March 26 passed a bill that would make it a felony for state or local officials to disclose "confidential" immigration enforcement information, sending the measure to Gov. Bill Lee's desk, the Tennessean reports. HB2506/SB1464, sponsored by House  more

HSI, CBP and HPD conduct operation targeting counterfeit sports merchandise in Southwest Houston, seize nearly $2 million in counterfeit items
WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * HSI, CBP and HPD conduct operation targeting counterfeit sports merchandise in Southwest Houston, seize nearly $2 million in counterfeit items * HOUSTON -ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Houston Police Department conducted an operation April 2, targeting a business in southwest Houston suspected of sell  more

ICE Asks Long Island to Not Release Criminal Illegal Alien from Jail Facing Attempted Murder Charges for Gruesome Stabbing
WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE Asks Long Island to Not Release Criminal Illegal Alien from Jail Facing Attempted Murder Charges for Gruesome Stabbing * Ruben Guanipa Ramirez lured his victim to a remote beach to stab him and attempted to slit his throat WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer requesting Long Isla  more

Johns Hopkins: Evictions and Climate Disasters Drove U.S. Homelessness Spikes From 2019 to 2024
BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Evictions and Climate Disasters Drove U.S. Homelessness Spikes from 2019 to 2024 Acute events were greatest drivers of pandemic era rise in homelessness and varied state to state * A new study examining changes in homelessness across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., finds that eviction moratoria and climate disasters explain why homelessness surged   more

LDF Denounces Trump Administration's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request
NEW YORK, April 6 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Denounces Trump Administration's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request * On April 3, 2026, President Donald Trump released his Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget proposal. The proposed budget outlines several of the President's priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. In addition to increasing defense spending by $1.5 trillion dollars and allocating an additional $28.5 billion t  more

Michigan Medicine: Convoys of Caregiving - Arab American Families Living With Dementia
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 7 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following Q&A on April 6, 2026, by Lauren Gerlach and Matt Davis with Kristine Ajrouch, research professor in the Institute for Social Research: * * * Convoys of Caregiving: Arab American Families Living with Dementia An Interview with Kristine Ajrouch, PhD In this episode, Matt & Lauren speak with Kristine Ajrouch, PhD - a new member of our CAPRA leadership team. Kristine  more

NRCC: Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel Spent Over $100M of Taxpayer Dollars on Benefits for Illegal Immigrants
WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel Spent Over $100M of Taxpayer Dollars on Benefits for Illegal Immigrants Out of touch Democrats Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel led the charge to provide taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal immigrants in Colorado. The program cost Colorado taxpayers more than $100 million "as the state grapples with a $1.5 billion budget shortfall." Shannon Bird and Manny Ruti  more

Secretary Rubio Revokes Green Cards of Foreign Nationals With Ties to Iranian Terror Regime
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rubio Revokes Green Cards of Foreign Nationals with Ties to Iranian Terror Regime Last night, the niece and grand niece of deceased Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Qasem Soleimani were arrested by federal agents following Secretary of State Marco Rubio's termination of their lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custod  more

Top Senate Republicans Challenge Illegal Anti-ICE Measure, Demand Fair Review From Attorney General
PHOENIX, Arizona, April 7 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release on April 6, 2026: * * * Top Senate Republicans Challenge Illegal Anti-ICE Measure, Demand Fair Review from Attorney General Top Senate Republicans are taking action against Pima County's newly adopted resolution that blocks federal immigration enforcement from using county property. Today, Senate President Warren Petersen, President Pro Tempore T.J. Shope, and Majority Leader John Kavanag  more

WHAT VIRGINIANS ARE SEEING: A.G. JONES SHARES WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF ACTIONS TAKEN
RICHMOND, Virginia, April 7 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on April 6, 2026: * * * WHAT VIRGINIANS ARE SEEING: ATTORNEY GENERAL JAY JONES SHARES WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF ACTIONS TAKEN Continues to protect Virginians from federal overreach and secure our rights * Attorney General Jay Jones this week continued taking action to protect Virginians from federal overreach and defend fundamental rights. Legal Action to Protect Virginia's Elections Attorney Gene  more

Wipro Wins One of Its Largest Strategic Transformation Engagements From Food and Agri-Business Leader Olam Group
BANGALORE, India, April 7 -- Wipro, an AI-powered technology services and consulting company, issued the following news release: * * * Wipro Wins One of its Largest Strategic Transformation Engagements from Food and Agri-Business Leader Olam Group As part of the engagement, Wipro to acquire Olam Group's IT and digital services business, Mindsprint. * SINGAPORE - Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading AI-powered technology services and consulting company today announce  more