April 22, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge has said she will give the government more time to notify detained immigrants of their right to a bond hearing and appeal, but also added a restriction barring transfers of detainees to other jurisdictions for at least 24 hours after they have been served.
April 10, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday said she was "concerned" by a published report suggesting that immigration judges are being instructed to deny all bond requests regardless of merit, after she and other judges ordered that detainees be given hearings.
April 08, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Massachusetts federal judge that part of her order requiring the government to provide immigrants in detention with timely, written notice of their rights to a bond hearing and appeal is too burdensome.
March 04, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge hearing a challenge to the Trump administration's policy of detaining unauthorized immigrants without bond during removal proceedings said Wednesday she is "inclined to wait" to issue a ruling until appellate courts weigh in.
January 23, 2026
The government is appealing a Massachusetts federal court's finding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees whom the agency apprehended in the state are entitled to a bond hearing.
January 20, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday that immigration court judges appear to be "effectively ignoring" rulings by her and other district judges to grant bond hearings for detainees, but acknowledged there's little she can do about it.
December 17, 2025
A Massachusetts federal judge said she intends to rule by Friday that a group of noncitizens held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have the right to seek release on bond, saying she hopes to issue a decision before a possible surge in arrests during the holidays.
September 23, 2025
The Trump administration is deliberately misclassifying immigrants marked for removal proceedings in an effort to illegally skirt their right to a bond hearing, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court.