May 22, 2026
Immigration rights groups are arguing with the Trump administration over the status of a Biden-era rule restricting asylum eligibility, with the groups contending that the rule was vacated in 2023 and the U.S. Department of Justice saying final judgment in the case was still pending.
May 21, 2025
Following the presidential transition, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss suits brought by the Biden administration challenging state immigration enforcement measures in Texas, Iowa and Oklahoma, leaving the status of those cases up in the air.
April 10, 2025
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday remanded a district court's 2023 vacatur of a Biden-era rule placing limits on asylum so that the lower court can address legal developments, but one circuit judge asserted that the remand was the latest move in an "ongoing game of Supreme Court keep-away."
October 06, 2023
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees told the Ninth Circuit that a Biden administration rule limiting asylum eligibility is at odds with the U.S.'s obligations toward refugees under international treaties.
August 03, 2023
A divided Ninth Circuit panel Thursday paused an order vacating a Biden administration rule restricting asylum entries, while the dissenting judge criticized his colleagues' previous decision to block a similar Trump administration rule, saying a stay is correct but isn't permitted by the "mess we've made of our immigration precedent."
August 02, 2023
The California federal judge who vacated the Biden administration's rule restricting asylum entries to the United States, but who granted a 14-day stay on the rule, has rejected the federal government's bid to extend the stay while it appeals.
July 27, 2023
Advocates for immigrant asylum seekers who won vacatur of a Biden administration rule restricting asylum entries to the United States urged a California federal judge not to extend a 14-day stay, challenging the U.S. government's claim that the border will become unmanageable without the rule.
July 26, 2023
The Biden administration's defeat in California federal court after trying to implement Trump-like asylum restrictions has critics saying the White House should embrace the loss and focus instead on continuing to expand legal pathways to enter the U.S.
July 25, 2023
A California federal judge on Tuesday vacated as unlawful a Biden administration rule that presumes noncitizens who enter the U.S. between ports of entry or fail to seek protection in a third country are ineligible for asylum.
July 19, 2023
A California federal judge threw a flurry of hypotheticals at a government attorney Wednesday to suss out whether a Biden administration rule limiting asylum at the southern border is akin to Trump-era asylum restrictions he previously struck down.