July 18, 2024
A Ninth Circuit panel upheld a Department of Homeland Security rule barring some immigration surety firms from posting bonds for detained border-crossers Thursday, saying the rule's 2021 ratification by current Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas cured any defects with its original introduction in 2020.
March 30, 2023
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged the Ninth Circuit to reinstate a Trump-era immigration policy that created hurdles for surety companies wishing to challenge noncitizens' breached bond determinations, arguing the policy was not invalidated by an agency head's improper appointment.