Alligator Alcatraz: US judge halts construction at Florida’s detention centre; suit argues project threatens environmentally sensitive wetlands

A US federal judge halted construction for two weeks on Thursday at a Florida Everglades immigrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” while evaluating potential environmental law violations.The facility, established two months ago at an underutilised single-runway training airport, accommodates up to 3,000 detainees in temporary tent structures. Judge Kathleen Williams’ order prohibits additional filling, […]

Immigration suit: US Supreme Court rejects Florida’s petition to enforce new law; state plans to continue appeal

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined Florida’s request to allow the state to enforce parts of its new immigration law that had been blocked by a lower court, NBC news reported.The court’s brief order did not explain why it refused the emergency request from Florida’s attorney general.The case centres on a law signed this […]

US govt wants Indian national Badar Khan Suri’s deportation suit shifted; judge pushes back

The US government on Thursday asked a federal judge to transfer Indian national Badar Khan Suri’s deportation case from Virginia to Texas, where he is currently being held on charges of “spreading Hamas propaganda.”At the hearing, US District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles expressed doubt about the government’s petition, which would require her to dismiss the […]

ICE memo allowing visa-based SEVIS terminations comes under fire as class-action suit seeks urgent relief

Nearly 351 international students, many of whom are Indians, have filed a second-amended class action suit, which in addition to the unlawful SEVIS terminations and visa revocations also challenges the recent memo issued by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on SEVIS termination.As covered by TOI in its edition of May 1, as per the […]

Trump’s Blue Suit at Pope Francis’ Funeral Draws Attention

President Trump, it seems, is fully committed to going his own way when it comes to international relations — even during the funeral of a pope. On Saturday, as he joined other world leaders to pay his respects to Pope Francis, he stood in St. Peter’s Square among President Emmanuel Macron of France (who was […]

Signalgate 2.0: After Hegseth’s leaked Signal chat, watchdog files suit to preserve Trump officials’ messages

A nonprofit watchdog group, American Oversight, expanded a lawsuit on Monday aimed at several senior national security officials in the Trump administration, requesting a federal judge to mandate the preservation of all messages sent via the encrypted communications app Signal. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Washington, DC, and focuses on messages […]

JD Vance Greenland Trolling: Where is JD Vance’s suit? Greenland trip brings back Zelenskyy memes for VP

X users claimed JD Vance has started dressing like Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Vice President JD Vance’s Greenland trip along with Second Lady Usha Vance intensified the diplomatic strife as Vance only repeated Donald Trump’s words and asserted that the US would get Greenland. The Greenland trip was supposed to be a solo one for […]

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