February 16, 2021
A California federal judge blocked an asylum rule finalized during the waning days of the Trump administration, ruling Tuesday that it is nearly identical to a rule the Ninth Circuit had already deemed illegal for doing "virtually nothing" to guarantee asylum-seekers' safety.
November 12, 2020
More than 100 migrants are preparing to challenge a California federal court's ruling in the Ninth Circuit over whether the court has the authority to stop their removal orders that were issued under a now-vacated asylum rule.
October 30, 2020
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has called on the Trump administration to suspend the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's recent expansion of fast-tracked deportation proceedings, criticizing the agency for its lack of transparency and arguing that the policy "appears rushed" and raises serious due process concerns that are currently being litigated.
October 29, 2020
Roughly 200 asylum-seekers urged a California federal judge on Thursday to let them intervene in a case challenging the Trump administration's asylum eligibility rule and block it as it applies to them, arguing that they face imminent removal even though multiple courts have concluded that it's likely unlawful.
September 10, 2019
The Ninth Circuit once again pared back a California judge's second nationwide ban on asylum restrictions at the southwest border, hours after the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to consider halting the ban entirely.
September 09, 2019
A California federal judge on Monday again blocked the Trump administration from rejecting asylum claims from people who pass through another country on the way to the southwest border, reinstating his nationwide injunction after the Ninth Circuit narrowed it to apply only within that circuit.