Politics Sep 05 Judge blocks DHS from ending temporary legal status for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of San Francisco for the plaintiffs means 600,000 Venezuelans whose temporary protections expired in April or whose protections were about to expire Sept. 10 have status to stay and work in the…
Politics Aug 29 Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans It is unclear what effect Friday’s ruling will have on the estimated 350,000 Venezuelans whose protections expired in April. Protections for another group of 250,000 Venezuelans are set to expire Sept. 10.
Politics Aug 20 Appeals court allows DHS to end protected status for migrants from Central America and Nepal A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal.
Nation Aug 11 Judge to hear case on whether Trump violated federal law with National Guard deployment in LA A federal judge will hear arguments on whether military troops deployed by the Trump administration to Los Angeles violated a federal law that bars troops from conducting law enforcement duties within the country.
Politics Jul 31 Judge extends protected status Trump administration had ended for 60,000 migrants A federal judge in California extended on Thursday temporary protected status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem determined that conditions in their home country no longer warranted protections.
Nation May 12 Newsom urges California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging California’s local governments to begin clearing homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban makeshift camps that line streets up and down the state.
Politics May 10 Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive job cuts at federal agencies The temporary restraining order directs numerous federal agencies to halt acting on the president’s workforce executive order signed in February and a subsequent memo issued by the Department of Government Efficiency and the Office of Personnel Management.
Politics Apr 24 Trump can’t deny federal funds to cities that limit immigration cooperation, judge rules A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions, saying that portions of President Donald Trump's executive orders were unconstitutional.
Politics Mar 13 Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary workers fired across multiple agencies A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies.
Politics Feb 27 Trump administration mass firings of federal probationary workers likely unlawful, judge finds U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees, including the Department of Defense.