Ken Cuccinelli, an immigration hardliner, is refusing to step down as deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after a federal judge said his appointment violated federal law.
A federal judge in Chicago slammed the ATF on Monday over its phony stash-house stings, saying they primarily target people of color and should “be relegated to the dark corridors of the past.”
An Iowa federal judge allegedly conspired to profit from investments in private prisons by sending hundreds of immigrants to jail in one of the largest, more unusual immigration raids in U.S. history.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The battle over privacy and devices continues. This time it’s taking place in Chicago. A federal judge in Chicago has rejected a request by the FBI to force potential targets to provide fingerprints to unlock any iPhones or Apple devices in child pornography case, Jason Meisner and Steve Schmadeke of the…
A federal judge plans to order Border Patrol to improve sleeping conditions at detention centers in Arizona, saying the detainees’ civil rights are being violated.
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Berg, a former federal prosecutor and former acting U.S. Attorney, was shot and wounded Thursday night on Detroit’s northwest side. George Hunter of the Detroit News reports that it was an attempted robbery. He was shot in the leg outside his home in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s immigration plans have been placed on hold by a federal judge in Texas so that states have time to argue their case against the president’s controversial executive action. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen blocked the plan with a preliminary injunction, ABC News reports. The judge said the injunction was…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Six deputies for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were sentenced Wednesday to up to 41 months in prison for interfering with a federal civil rights investigation at a jail. The federal judge told the defendants that they lacked “courage to do what is right” and showed no remorse. The sentencing follows…
