WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Monday it will end asylum protections for most migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border in a major escalation of the president’s battle to tamp down immigration. According to a new rule published in ...

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OCEAN CITY — Immigration attorneys took part Thursday in a session at the MSBA’s Legal Summit and Annual Meeting about how new and contemplated changes to U.S. Department of State rules on visa applications are affecting their clients. Visa denials ...

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A U.S. immigrants-rights group says it has new evidence that the Trump administration concealed the source and motivation behind a proposed question about citizenship on next year’s census, a revelation that could affect a highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling. The ...

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Immigrants from Nepal and Honduras — including a Baltimore man whose 9-year-old daughter wants to be president of the United States when she grows up — have filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration unfairly ended a program that lets ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 33rd anniversary of the Challenger explosion. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Chinese civil rights attorney faces prison for subversion of state power. — Government shutdown ends but delays in immigration ...

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A federal judge declined to stay Baltimore’s lawsuit over changes to immigration rules, finding the “potential harm” alleged by the city justified keeping the case active despite the partial government shutdown that has left the government’s lawyers without funding. It ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s top court has removed its sharp criticism of the state’s intermediate tribunal from an order this month that a young Guatemalan immigrant be permitted to remain with his uncle in Lanham while applying for special U.S. residency ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s top court has ordered that a young Guatemalan immigrant be permitted to remain with his uncle in Lanham while applying for special U.S. residency status and likely citizenship. In its three-page order Friday, the Court of Appeals ...

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Former judges speak out heads news items including presidential precedent for arrest, sexual-assault victims call investigator lax and a law firm spreads joy.

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Maryland’s top court has ordered a young Guatemalan immigrant to be permitted to remain with his father in Baltimore while applying for special U.S. residency status and likely citizenship. The Court of Appeals on Friday cited “unrefuted” evidence that the ...

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