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4th Circuit Allows Narrow Challenges to Trump DEI Ban
politics2 months ago

4th Circuit Allows Narrow Challenges to Trump DEI Ban

A U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals panel lifted an injunction blocking Trump-era executive orders to end DEI programs in federal agencies and contractor work, ruling that the policies cannot be challenged in a broad, head-on way but may be attacked based on how they are applied to specific grant recipients, preserving room for further district-court challenges on enforcement.

Fourth Circuit weighs limits on USCIS marriage-interview arrests
politics2 months ago

Fourth Circuit weighs limits on USCIS marriage-interview arrests

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing whether to overturn a Maryland district court order that bars immigration officials from arresting people during green-card interviews with their U.S. citizen spouses, a tactic used by the Trump administration in immigration enforcement; the case centers on the provisional waiver pathway for marriage-based immigrants seeking legal status.