The Department of Justice wants “substantial monetary sanctions” against a California immigration attorney, marking a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s threats to lawyers and law firms taking up cases against the president’s agenda.
Joshua Schroeder appears to be the first attorney to be singled out by Justice Department lawyers in court documents following the president’s push to punish law firms and immigration attorneys over what he considers “frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious” claims.