The Trump budget proposal released Friday would elevate the DOL office that oversees work visa programs, back expansion of immigrant detention, and boost funding to immigration courts. @ccastronuovo.bsky.social, Angelica Franganillo Diaz, and I break down the highlights:

Another federal district court panel has declined to approve a Trump US attorney, this time Western Virginia's acting chief prosecutor Robert Tracci who replaced Trump's first pick after he got pushed out. Story from @ccastronuovo.bsky.social: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Well before DOJ workload crisis defending detained migrant petitions spilled into public view in MN, 6 US attorneys warned judiciary of the resource-draining flood. Predictably, it has since exploded. Story w/ @ccastronuovo.bsky.social & Megan Crepeau: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Le said she was “put on this special mission to help” the US attorney’s office with habeas claims on Jan. 5. “They are overwhelmed and they need help,” Le said, adding that she “stupidly” volunteered. Her detail has now ended, reports @ccastronuovo.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Julie Le compared pushing ICE and DHS to comply as pulling teeth and said she wished the judge would hold her in contempt so she could get 24 hours of sleep, reports @ccastronuovo.bsky.social. Credit to FOX9's Paul Blume for having it first news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

“Government lawyers’ indifference to the ethical restrictions invites defendants to argue that the prosecutions are vindictive, the prosecutors are biased, and the proceedings are unfair,” Fordham's Bruce Green tells @ccastronuovo.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Harmeet Dhillon is using social media to single out anti-DEI targets, an approach former division lawyers say is at odds with DOJ attorneys’ responsibility to carefully vet discrimination claims, @ccastronuovo.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...