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A federal judge found the federal government should not be forced to stop construction on the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in California despite claims human remains were bulldozed over. U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia, a Barack Obama appointee... hearing Thursday in a challenge brought by the La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians. The tribe claims President Donald Trump and the federal government have failed to meet tribal consultation requirements regarding border wall construction, which cuts through Kumeyaay land in San Diego... The tribe and the federal government are at odds over whether the type of notices, given...

Chief Financial Officer Also Pleads Guilty; Admits Using $60 Million in Investor Funds to Pay Unrelated Business Expenses Assistant U. S. Attorneys Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384and Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721SAN DIEGO – Gina Champion-Cain, a long-time San Diego business leader, restauranteur and real estate magnate, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that she committed securities fraud by masterminding a massive, years-long Ponzi scheme with hundreds of victims throughout California and the United States.Champion-Cain also admitted that she lied and forged documents to hide her scheme, obstructed justice by attempting to destroy evidence in the course of...

The Constitution grants Congress plenary authority over immigration policy, but liberal judges have increasingly usurped the law. On Monday the Supreme Court will consider if immigrants whom Congress has deemed deportable can seek sanctuary in the courts. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) establishes rules and procedures by which immigrants may be removed from the country. To prevent federal courts from getting clogged, Congress created special immigration courts with multiple levels of administrative appeal and limited federal judicial review of cases. In Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam, a Sri Lankan man caught after crossing the Mexican border illegally is...