Sanchez-Perez v. Garland "One day after he pleaded guilty to violating a Tennessee domestic-violence law, the federal government initiated removal proceedings against Jose Yanel Sanchez-Perez. Ultimately...
In a letter dated April 12, 2024 the State Department and USCIS discuss "concerns about biometrics collection for applicants for T nonimmigrant status and petitioners for U nonimmigrant status abroad...
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 "This final rule adopts and replaces regulations relating to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied...
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 "On December 19, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule (2016 interim rule) amending its regulations...
Ex Parte Aparicio
"As part of Operation Lone Star, Luis Alfredo Aparicio, a noncitizen, was arrested for trespassing on private property in Maverick County. He filed an application for writ of habeas corpus seeking dismissal of the criminal charge, arguing the State’s selective prosecution of him violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and the Texas Constitution’s Equal Rights Amendment. See U.S.CONST. amend. XIV; TEX.CONST. art. 1, § 3(a). After holding an evidentiary hearing on the merits, the trial court denied his requested relief. Aparicio appeals, arguing the trial court erred in denying his relief because the State’s practice of prosecuting men, and not women, for criminal trespass as part of Operation Lone Star violated his federal and state constitutional rights to equal protection. We reverse the trial court’s order and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion."