WASHINGTON – The U.S. immigration courts will temporarily halt a program that offers legal assistance to detained foreign nationals facing deportation while it audits the program’s cost-effectiveness, a federal official said Tuesday. Officials informed the Vera Institute of Justice that ...

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WASHINGTON – A request by the Justice Department to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census could shift the nation’s balance of political power from cities to more rural communities over the next decade and give Republicans a new ...

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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has formally withdrawn its appeals in a fast-moving case this week involving two undocumented teenagers seeking abortions, clearing the way for the teens to end their pregnancies. Until Tuesday, the case challenging the Trump administration’s ...

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Justice Department is giving four so-called sanctuary cities a “last chance” to show they’re not thwarting enforcement of U.S. immigration law before possibly losing federal grants that help pay for public safety equipment. A Thursday Justice ...

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BUFFALO — After three defendants fatally overdosed in a single week last year, it became clear that Buffalo’s ordinary drug treatment court was no match for the heroin and painkiller crisis. Now the city is experimenting with the nation’s first ...

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The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached an agreement with New York state to settle a lawsuit over voter registration opportunities through state motor vehicle offices. Federal investigators found applications for New York driver’s licenses, permits and identification cards ...

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Civil rights groups reacted with alarm Tuesday, while law enforcement organizations expressed relief, after the Trump administration signaled it may back out of federal agreements that compel several police departments around the U.S. to curb racial bias and excessive force. ...

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The Monroe County Crime Lab has received a $211,228 grant from the United States Department of Justice to reduce the lab’s backlog of cases. The lab provides forensic analysis for law enforcement and public safety agencies across Monroe County and seven ...

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NEW YORK — A probe by the Justice Department has determined that Iran was responsible for a 2013 cyberattack on a dam in the suburbs outside of New York City, and an indictment is expected soon, a U.S. official told ...

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