Federal Judge William Young’s recent words from the bench echoed Joseph Welch’s famous rebuke in 1954 that spelled the end of ...

In a landmark decision, a US federal court has blocked the State Department from enforcing a policy that restricted passport ...

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That's because immigration courtrooms, where non-citizens petition for legal status to stop deportation, are closed to the ...

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