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April 08, 2026
Prison operator GEO Group Inc. has asked a Colorado federal judge to pause a forced labor class action brought by former immigrant detainees and certify an appeal for the Tenth Circuit to weigh a question about government contractor immunity that could end the case.
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April 08, 2026
A conservation group has accused U.S. Customs and Border Protection of violating the Freedom of Information Act, telling a Texas federal court it must disclose requested records over the Trump administration's border wall plans for Texas' Big Bend region.
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April 07, 2026
A Vermont federal judge said Tuesday that a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at Logan Airport in Boston had no legal authority to cancel the visa of a Harvard researcher and Russian national after finding frog embryo samples in her luggage last year.
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April 07, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Tennessee federal judge that prosecutors investigated and charged Kilmar Abrego Garcia by the books, while Abrego Garcia argued the government's responses to a vindictive prosecution claim "strain common sense" and ask the court to disregard reality.
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April 07, 2026
Federal judges are issuing increasingly detailed, critical and decisive orders for habeas relief in immigration cases, stepping in as what immigration experts say is a last resort check on a system viewed as having crumbling due process safeguards.
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April 07, 2026
Florida argued Tuesday a lack of U.S. government funding and control can't support a lower court order finding the construction of an Everglades-based immigration detention center bypassed federal environmental laws, and urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a preliminary injunction halting the center's operations.
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April 07, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss a former Ohio immigration judge's discrimination suit in D.C. federal court this week, calling the complaint "heavy on conclusory statements and speculation and light on allegations of fact."
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April 07, 2026
The head of the U.S. Department of Justice's immigration litigation office has lied to judges, disobeyed court orders and failed to stop attorneys he supervises from engaging in misconduct in high-profile immigration cases, according to an ethics complaint filed Tuesday.
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April 07, 2026
A D.C. federal court has clarified that Haitian nationals deported by the Biden administration can still pursue their claim that the administration violated their due process rights, saying it fails only with respect to their inability to seek asylum before removal.
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April 06, 2026
A federal judge Monday refused to overturn a former Wisconsin state judge's conviction for helping shield a defendant in her courtroom from arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, rejecting her contention that, because ICE had no authority to make the arrest in the courthouse, there was no obstruction.
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April 06, 2026
Chicago and other municipalities again urged an Illinois federal court to enforce its preliminary injunction stopping the federal government from freezing and withholding funding for a U.S. Department of Homeland Security shelter program, saying they're still awaiting reimbursement for certain costs incurred before the government's grant terminations.
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April 06, 2026
The federal government has moved to end San Diego and San Jose's challenge to Internet Crimes Against Children grants requiring recipients to certify they don't operate DEI programs that violate nondiscrimination laws, arguing they aren't required to sign onto the Trump administration's viewpoints on DEI, only to follow existing federal laws.
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April 06, 2026
An Eighth Circuit panel said the Board of Immigration Appeals reasonably rejected an El Salvador woman's claim that an immigration judge showed bias and unfairly denied her asylum bid, because she failed to support the assertion.
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April 06, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge denied an Egyptian national's renewed motion to block his removal as he seeks asylum, finding that while he wasn't given due process during a court-ordered immigration bond hearing, he was in a subsequent bond hearing.
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April 03, 2026
Rep. Robert Garcia pressed the CEO of Salus Worldwide Solutions Corp. on Thursday to turn over his communications with the Trump administration following reports the company secured a nearly $1 billion U.S. Department of Homeland Security contract "under questionable circumstances."
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April 03, 2026
The Trump administration told a Maryland federal judge there's no basis to block a project to convert an existing "mega warehouse" into an immigrant detention facility when it fulfilled environmental review duties and plans are still being finalized.
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April 03, 2026
A Florida federal judge, citing his "fealty" to the Immigration and Nationality Act's text, has denied a Mexican national's habeas petition, agreeing with the Trump administration that the law subjects him to mandatory detention without bond despite other courts finding otherwise.
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April 03, 2026
A group of 20 states challenging the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on H-1B visa petitions slammed its position that the policy isn't reviewable, telling a Massachusetts federal court the government would essentially have a blank check to usurp congressional authority under its rationale.
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April 03, 2026
The New Jersey Supreme Court in March granted petitions for certification and leaves for appeal on issues ranging from late tort notice claims to medical malpractice liability.
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April 03, 2026
The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled Friday that testimony from a noncitizen or qualifying relative isn't enough to establish the kind of extreme hardship that would justify cancelling removal proceedings in the absence of accessible, expert testimony.
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April 03, 2026
The White House budget request for fiscal 2027, released on Friday, seeks $40.8 billion in discretionary funds for the U.S. Department of Justice, a 13% increase from the current year level.
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April 03, 2026
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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April 02, 2026
Adults, children and infants have suffered medical neglect, unsanitary conditions and "routine mistreatment" at the hands of federal agents running a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Texas, according to a report that calls for the site's immediate closure.
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April 02, 2026
The Trump administration called on the D.C. Circuit to fully unravel an injunction barring the deployment of the D.C. National Guard and other states' National Guards in the District of Columbia, arguing that the deployments are "plainly lawful."
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April 02, 2026
A coalition of advocacy groups urged a D.C. federal judge to block parts of an executive order President Donald Trump issued to limit mail voting, calling it an unconstitutional intrusion into election regulations that promises to burden people's right to vote.