September 02, 2026
A D.C. federal judge once again shot down a challenge to the Trump administration's agreement with El Salvador that sent hundreds of detained noncitizens to the CECOT terror prison, ruling that the immigrant advocates challenging the deal had failed to show how their requested relief could redress the alleged harms.
March 26, 2026
A D.C. federal judge has tossed immigrant advocacy groups' bid to vacate the United States' deal with El Salvador to imprison deported noncitizens in exchange for money, finding that they lacked standing since vacatur wouldn't stop deportation as the power to remove is grounded under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
June 05, 2025
A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups and criminal defense lawyers sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Thursday, alleging its agreement with El Salvador to imprison deported noncitizens for as much as $20,000 per person violates federal law.