The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the man's request to withdraw his no-contest plea to a sex offense that resulted in deportation proceedings against him.

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Saying he got bad legal advice, a Mexican national living in Maryland urges justices to let him withdraw his no-contest plea to a sex offense.

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An immigration case before the Supreme Court pits the government against immigrants it wants to deport following crimes they have committed in the United States.

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A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who lived quietly in New York City for decades was carried out of his home on a stretcher by federal agents and flown to Germany early Tuesday in what could prove to be the last U.S. deportation of a World War II-era war-crimes suspect.

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A federal appeals court has saved a Jamaican national from deportation – at least for now – in ruling his attorney failed to realize and warn the Baltimore resident that pleading guilty to trafficking in counterfeit goods would likely result in his ...

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"Poor Joshua" heads news summary that includes a required warning by Virginia judges, a separation of church and state case and the Supreme Court's abortion jurisprudence.

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High cost of deportation flights leads news summary including homeless advocates, $8 million award to inmate's family and women gain in Romania's bench and bar.

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The White House promised an appeal Tuesday after a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration and gave a coalition of 26 states time to pursue a lawsuit aiming to permanently stop the orders.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A U.S. Army veteran who turned his life around after struggling with drug addiction is fighting his deportation, saying he should not have been expelled last year for a minor criminal record after honorably serving his ...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday directed young illegal immigrants to fill out new forms and pay $465 if they want to apply under a new program that would let them avoid deportation and obtain a U.S. work permit. ...

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