Change criticized by advocates marks the latest significant move by the Trump administration on immigration policyForeigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via the state department, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday, in a move criticized by aid groups, policy analysts and immigration attorneys.USCIS announced the move in a policy memo, which directed officers to consider relevant factors and information on a case-by-case basis when determining whether extraordinary relief is warranted. Continue reading...
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A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed the human-smuggling case against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant, after concluding the government had brought the case as retaliation for his legal fight against being deported.
Misconduct in front of grand juries is now routine for the Department of Justice under Trump, warned a legal expert."Did grand jury abuses happen? Yes, but very, very rarely," Michael Popok said about previous administrations during the latest episode of his podcast, Legal AF. "But now, when you hollow out the Department of Justice, when tens of thousands of people and your brain drain happened, and they're not really replaced with anybody of anywhere close to competency...now, it's a joke." Popok was discussing allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in the DOJ's botched case against the "Broadview Six," a group of protesters who were federally charged in 2025 after demonstrating outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. On Thursday, Judge April Perry called out DOJ prosecutors for prosecutorial misconduct. A U.S. Attorney dropped the charges against the Broadview Six later that day, and, on Friday, the former lead prosecutor for the case, Sheri Macklenburg, was dismissed from a temporary role with the Senate Judiciary Committee. "It's remarkable," Popok said. "The DOJ had to confess to Judge Perry that there was an extraordinary amount of grand jury misconduct by their own prosecutor." Popok said that even though grand jury transcripts would make "your eyes pop out of your head," it wasn't "the first time we've heard about a prosecutor who misled a grand jury and got caught." He went on to explain, alongside his guest, journalist Adam Klasfeld, that the other obvious example is DOJ prosecutor Lindsey Halligan's handling of a criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey. In November, a federal magistrate judge said "government misconduct" may have tainted Halligan's effort to bring an indictment against Comey, according to reporting by Politico. Klasfeld noted that "the full grand jury didn't see the final indictment." "When I look at the Broadview Six, the party that's making a mockery of the justice system here is the Trump Justice Department," Klasfeld said. "I haven't seen anything like this, and to Michael's point, this isn't the first time it happened in terms of funny business before a grand jury." Popok explained, "It's just a reflection that they're out of gas, and led by a feckless attorney general."The Popok Pop Up: Breaking; Joined by Adam Klasfeld (All Rise News) by Legal AFA recording from Legal AF's live videoRead on Substack
A senator dismissed a Department of Justice prosecutor who led a botched case against six protesters and is now being accused of misconduct, according to new reports. Sheri Mecklenburg is a 20-year veteran DOJ prosecutor, according to Talking Points Memo reporter Josh Marshall. She led the case against the "Broadview Six," a group of protesters who were federally charged after demonstrating in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Illinois last year. In February, Mecklenburg suddenly withdrew from the case and took on a temporary assignment with the criminal justice team for Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, according to reporting by NOTUS. "She made no mention that she'd be leaving in a court hearing earlier in Feb. There was really no explanation for the suddenness of the move. Or at least the lack of heads up," Marshall explained in a post on Bluesky. "At the time I figured since the case seemed like such a loser maybe she just wanted out." Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced on Friday that Mecklenburg was dismissed from that role, according to NOTUS and Talking Points Memo. The decision comes on the heels of courtroom drama related to the Broadview Six case. On Thursday, Judge April Perry ordered DOJ prosecutors to appear in court to explain what she believed was misconduct in how they sought an indictment from a grand jury, and the case came to a swift and sudden end shortly after when a U.S. Attorney dropped all charges days before a trial was set to begin.Perry said she had "never seen the types of prosecutorial behavior" that were on display by DOJ prosecutors, including Mecklenburg, before a grand jury in 2025. According to Marshall's Thursday post on Bluesky, "if you look at the hearing transcript today most or all the alleged misconduct was hers."
