All articles tagged with #legal limbo
A large immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia detained nearly 500 workers, mostly Koreans who have returned to South Korea, but many non-Korean workers with legal authorization remain in legal limbo, causing widespread family crises and community distress.
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians abducted by Moscow are trapped in Russian-controlled prisons with no legal means to secure their release, enduring harsh conditions and torture.
Republican Representative George Santos appeared before a federal judge for the first time since pleading not guilty to 13 felonies in May. The case is still in limbo with no trial date set, but both the prosecution and defense agreed to reconvene on September 7. Santos and his lawyer will spend the August recess reviewing the 80,000 pages of evidence provided by prosecutors. Santos, who is facing up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud, money laundering, and theft of public funds, has been under intense scrutiny for falsifying his life story and is also under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. Speaker Kevin McCarthy has declined to call for Santos's resignation but has stated that he does not believe Santos should seek re-election.