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May 12, 2026
A Maryland federal judge once again blasted the Trump administration attorneys looking to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia, saying they misled the Fourth Circuit in their interlocutory appeal and questioned how his removal would be imminent without her injunction barring it when he is still facing an indictment in Tennessee.
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May 12, 2026
A group of former immigrant detainees urged a Colorado federal judge to reject The GEO Group Inc.'s latest bid for a quick appeal in a forced labor class action, arguing the company is trying to relitigate a years-old ruling.
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May 12, 2026
A former immigration judge urged a D.C. federal court not to throw out her bias suit challenging her firing, arguing the U.S. Department of Justice was pushing the "breathtaking proposition" that the president was empowered to commit unlawful discrimination.
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May 12, 2026
A Florida federal judge has rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' bid to stay her preliminary injunction requiring noncitizens detained at the South Florida Detention Facility to have outgoing phone access to legal counsel, finding that his motion merely repeated prior arguments.
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May 11, 2026
The city of Rochester told a New York federal court that the Trump administration has jumped the gun in seeking a quick win in its challenge to the city's sanctuary immigration policies, arguing that there are several outstanding issues of fact.
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May 11, 2026
New Jersey has urged a federal judge to dismiss the Trump administration's suit challenging Gov. Mikie Sherrill's February executive order limiting immigration officials' access to state property without a warrant, arguing the federal government is trying to commandeer state property.
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May 11, 2026
A divided Sixth Circuit panel ruled Monday that 11 noncitizens were improperly detained under the mandatory detention provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, joining the Second and Eleventh circuits in holding that noncitizens arrested in the U.S. interior are entitled to bond hearings.
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May 11, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged a Texas federal court Monday to toss a lawsuit from Latino U.S. citizens accusing it of unlawfully requiring citizens to carry proof of citizenship, arguing they haven't identified any specific policy.
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May 11, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice sued New Mexico and Albuquerque over state and city efforts to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, saying the measures prohibit agreements the federal government has relied on for decades to carry out immigration enforcement in the state.
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May 11, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had no duty to inform a noncitizen in her native language about her obligation to update her address after moving, the Ninth Circuit ruled, finding that its notice in English sufficed for due process.
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May 08, 2026
The Trump administration cannot reinstate a policy requiring lawmakers to provide a week's notice before making oversight visits to immigration detention centers while it appeals an order putting the policy on hold, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday, with one judge calling the decision a "close call."
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May 08, 2026
Former H-2A workers alleging a turf farm avoided paying them overtime by misidentifying their roles while having them do substantial, non-agriculture-related landscaping work told a Missouri federal judge Friday they've reached an $850,000 settlement to resolve the yearslong Fair Labor Standards Act litigation.
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May 08, 2026
An Illinois federal judge gave the U.S. Department of Homeland Security two weeks to process all the reimbursement claims it received before terminating a grant program intended to help shelter and assist new migrants, criticizing the government's "defiance" of earlier orders to do so.
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May 08, 2026
The Trump administration will ask the D.C. Circuit to revive new rules that would reshape how the Board of Immigration Appeals hears challenges to immigration court removal orders.
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May 08, 2026
The lead assistant federal prosecutor for Rhode Island's civil division is under investigation for allegedly withholding information in an immigration case, according to an order from the Ocean State's top federal judge.
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May 08, 2026
The federal government is seeking to revoke the citizenship of a former U.S. diplomat currently serving 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to secretly acting as an agent of the Cuban government for decades, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
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May 07, 2026
A D.C. federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration violated her order banning warrantless civil immigration arrests in Washington, D.C., without officers first determining if an individual would likely escape before a warrant is secured, blaming agency guidance.
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May 07, 2026
A man who pled to sufficient facts for drug charges will be allowed to withdraw his admission, Massachusetts' highest court said Thursday, finding that he was not properly warned about the immigration consequences of his plea.
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May 07, 2026
A First Circuit panel appeared disinclined Thursday to revive a suit alleging the federal government regularly withholds records from immigrants in deportation and asylum proceedings, with one judge saying that if the process is unfair, it would be Congress' job to fix it.
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May 07, 2026
A split Eleventh Circuit panel rejected the Trump administration's interpretation of federal immigration law as requiring mandatory detention of noncitizens who entered the U.S. unlawfully, ruling that such individuals are entitled to bond hearings and deepening a growing circuit split.
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May 07, 2026
A Colorado county district attorney and sheriff challenging a law governing certifications for immigrant crime victims have urged a federal judge not to dismiss their suit against Gov. Jared Polis, arguing the statute unconstitutionally compels officials to approve visa certifications.
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May 06, 2026
Illinois State Police have launched an investigation into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents' fatal shooting of a man during last year's widespread federal crackdown on undocumented immigrants, joining other states that have filed or are considering bringing criminal charges against federal agents.
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May 06, 2026
Kilmar Ábrego García said discovery into the Trump administration's communications with the governments of Costa Rica and Liberia should begin in district court even while the U.S. Department of Justice's appeal of an order barring his redetention moves forward in the Fourth Circuit.
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May 06, 2026
A Minnesota federal judge Wednesday refused to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's 2025 guidance that rescinded a policy barring federal agencies from carrying out immigration enforcement actions near public schools, ruling that the educators challenging the policy have failed to show they are likely to establish standing.
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May 06, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge said Wednesday she doubted she could restore humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of migrants whose legal status was recently canceled by the Trump administration for a second time.