July 16, 2021
The Ninth Circuit doubled back on a previous order that reactivated a policy requiring green card applicants to prove they had health insurance within 30 days of arriving in the U.S., vacating its earlier decision as moot Friday.
February 01, 2021
A slew of health policy experts, law professors, medical associations and immigrant advocates urged the full Ninth Circuit to strike down a proclamation requiring green card applicants to prove they will have access to health insurance, arguing that the rule will harm immigrants' access to comprehensive medical care.
January 04, 2021
The Ninth Circuit has revived President Donald Trump's proclamation requiring green card applicants to prove they will have access to health insurance, prompting a sharp dissent from one judge who slammed the order as an "unprecedented exercise of unilateral Executive power."
September 03, 2020
The federal government urged a Ninth Circuit panel during a hearing Thursday to lift an order blocking a Trump administration rule barring uninsured green card seekers from getting visas, arguing the new rule doesn't conflict with other statutes, and even if it did, U.S. Supreme Court precedent allows it.
May 04, 2020
A split Ninth Circuit panel on Monday refused to pause a block on a presidential proclamation requiring overseas green card applicants to prove they can afford health insurance, with a Trump-appointed judge arguing in a dissent that the proclamation is "clearly constitutional" and it's a "bad day for the separation of powers."
January 09, 2020
Two Ninth Circuit judges appeared skeptical Thursday of pausing orders that block a pair of Trump immigration policies making it more difficult for immigrants to enter and stay in the country, while the panel's sole Trump-appointed judge appeared swayed by the government's arguments.
January 03, 2020
The Trump administration is calling on the Ninth Circuit to undo a "vastly overbroad" preliminary injunction blocking it from implementing a presidential decree that would require overseas green card applicants to prove they can afford health insurance.