September 22, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being held in contempt for wrongly deporting a young man to El Salvador against court orders, but the agency has told the court it believes its contempt has been cured because it's done its best to facilitate the man's return.
September 17, 2026
Immigration officials and attorneys for asylum seekers disagreed on the conditions required for the return from El Salvador of an unlawfully deported man, with the government refusing to guarantee the man will not be held in detention upon his return.
September 08, 2026
A Maryland federal judge awarded a class of asylum-seekers roughly $161,000 in attorney fees on Tuesday, finding that the Trump administration lacked substantial justification for deporting a Venezuelan to El Salvador despite a class settlement governing his asylum claim.
August 06, 2026
A Maryland federal judge held U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in civil contempt for wrongfully deporting more than 50 unaccompanied minors with a blanket court order barring their removal, writing that the subsequent efforts to bring some of the minors back didn't right the initial wrong.
July 29, 2026
A class of young asylum seekers has told a Maryland federal judge that the government violated a settlement when it removed one member with a cognitive disability to Guatemala without first considering his asylum application, and it should be ordered to return him.
April 21, 2026
Attorneys for a class of young asylum-seekers told a Maryland federal judge the U.S. government should be held in contempt for brazenly violating a settlement agreement and deporting class members to countries they fled without first deciding their asylum applications.
January 23, 2026
Attorneys for asylum seekers, who are a part of a class the government is barred from deporting until their immigration cases conclude, told a Maryland federal judge that the Trump administration keeps deporting class members anyway.
May 28, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday slammed the Trump administration for showing "zero effort" to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker sent to a Salvadoran prison and for having "utterly disregarded" an order for updates on its efforts.
May 06, 2025
A Baltimore federal judge Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's request that she vacate her April ruling ordering the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker sent to a Salvadoran prison, giving the government 48 hours to appeal before she starts demanding regular updates on what's been done to comply.
April 24, 2025
A Baltimore federal judge has directed the Trump administration to bring back a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker sent to an El Salvador prison last month, marking the second time the government has been ordered to "facilitate" the return of an individual deported under the Alien Enemies Act.