Maryland’s top court suspended an immigration law attorney for 60 days Wednesday for failing to properly communicate with a client and improperly managing an attorney trust account. A majority of the Court of Appeals determined that Rockville attorney Raj Sanjeet ...

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A Silver Spring teenager can be prosecuted for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm though he had the federal government’s permission to be in the United States as an immigrant juvenile in need of assistance, a federal judge has ruled.

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Business at the immigration clinics at Maryland’s two law schools has been brisk.

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In 2015, immigration attorney Nicole Whitaker went to the Mexico border to help detained migrants with asylum claims. “It was really a life-changing experience for me,” said Whitaker, a solo practitioner in Towson. So when the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court’s 5-4 decision — in an unusual ...

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A Maryland county is considering whether it will fund lawyers for immigrants facing deportation.

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Homeless youth, Facebook and the death penalty round out this week's topics.

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Justice Anthony Kennedy leads news summary that includes a crime victim resorting to self help, a student's revenge and advice from immigration attorneys.

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 On Thursday, the immigration law community was disheartened by the Supreme Court’s tie on the decision on Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).  The tie affirms the ...

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Attorneys at Grossman Law LLC and Hammond Young Immigration Law LLC focus their practices on different aspects of immigration law but the two small firms have plenty in common, including their all-female roster of lawyers and offices less than 10 ...

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