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After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft ordered the Immigration and Naturalization Service to begin tracking visitors from 25 mostly Muslim countries. Since the first anniversary of the attacks, male visitors from these countries have been required to report in person to the INS for special registration, or risk deportation. So far, more than 23,000 men have registered nationwide.
Some attorneys say a recent lawsuit may be needlessly frightening seniors into the mistaken impression that the government can simply remove them permanently from their homes against their will.
A Saudi-born Winona man is facing deportation because he checked the wrong box on a job application. His lawyer says he is falling victim to tighter INS regulation. The INS says it's just business as usual.
A coalition of groups opposed to new driver's license rules tells the Minnesota Court of Appeals the rules are unconstitutional and discriminate against immigrants.
American Indian tribal and Minnesota state court judges are asking the state Supreme Court to adopt a new rule that would formally put state court enforcement power behind tribal court's civil judgements.
You've heard the line: "you have the right to remain silent - anything you say can or will be used against you." The Miranda warning has been a fixture for police when they make an arrest. But a case before the US Supreme Court this week questions that right.
At least 50 convictions for crimes such rape and murder are on hold pending a Minnesota Supreme Court decision expected in the next few months on the state's use of a DNA test kit.
A federal court jury on Thursday found Minneapolis city councilman Joe Biernat guilty of fraud and other charges in relation to an investigation of his political favors. The jury convicted Biernat of five counts, including aiding and abetting theft and making a false statement to federal agents.
Minnesota's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered local election officials to send out new absentee and supplemental Senate ballots to people who ask to change their Senate vote in the wake of Sen. Paul Wellstone's death.