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June 29, 2026
The Trump administration is appealing a D.C. federal judge's decision to block its expansion of a database that allows states to screen voters.
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June 29, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the Equal Access to Justice Act allows detained noncitizens who prevail in habeas corpus cases to be awarded attorney fees.
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June 29, 2026
Exiled Chinese businessman and dissident Miles Guo on Monday was sentenced to 30 years in prison, after a Manhattan federal jury convicted him of defrauding investors of more than $1.4 billion in connection with what prosecutors say was "a criminal enterprise built on lies."
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June 29, 2026
Florida's motor vehicle agency asked a federal court to deny foreign truckers' motion for anonymity in their lawsuit challenging the agency's decision to stop issuing commercial driver's licenses to certain noncitizens, arguing their fear of reprisal by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't justify that request.
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June 29, 2026
The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled Monday that immigration judges can't find noncitizens credible solely based on their candidness about having previously lied to obtain immigration benefits.
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June 29, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will review a split Second Circuit decision holding that noncitizens whose asylum status was terminated after criminal convictions are no longer eligible to seek green cards.
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June 26, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that noncitizens arrested in the U.S. interior are not entitled to bond hearings, calling it a "critically important question of immigration law that has divided the courts of appeals."
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June 26, 2026
The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.
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June 26, 2026
A national legal organization asked a D.C. federal judge to order the U.S. government to search for and provide records it requested to shine light on possible Trump administration plans to ramp up cases to revoke citizenship from naturalized Americans.
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June 26, 2026
The Trump administration is defending U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's policy requiring seven days notice for lawmakers to visit detention facilities in the D.C. Circuit, calling for the appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit from 13 Democratic Congress members challenging the rule for lack of standing.
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June 26, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stayed a D.C. Circuit ruling upholding a civil contempt order against former Fox News journalist Catherine Herridge, further staving off a district judge's $800-per-day fine for refusing to expose her source.
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June 26, 2026
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday granted Texas' bid to temporarily block a Harris County program from disbursing funds to nonprofits to provide legal services to detained noncitizens facing deportation while a state challenge proceeds.
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June 26, 2026
A coalition of worker advocacy and legal aid organizations urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold the Department of Labor's authority to collect monetary penalties from agricultural employers through its in-house adjudication system, arguing that H-2A visa program enforcement actions involve public rights that Congress may assign to the executive branch.
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June 26, 2026
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said it did not have jurisdiction to review the merits of a protest lodged by construction company BCCG JV over a $641 million contract awarded to a rival firm for construction of border wall barriers.
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June 26, 2026
As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules.
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June 26, 2026
The city of Philadelphia is standing by its "ICE Out" ordinance prohibiting federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themselves as law enforcement officers, arguing in response to the federal government's lawsuit challenging the measure that it makes communities safer.
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June 26, 2026
A proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court accused a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Philadelphia of unlawfully abandoning a policy that limited its ability to re-arrest and re-detain noncitizens previously found to not pose a community danger or flight risk.
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June 25, 2026
An Oregon federal judge Wednesday granted class certification to people who have been or will be swept up in warrantless immigration arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without individually assessing the probability of whether someone poses a flight risk, finding the named plaintiffs' claims are typical throughout the class.
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June 25, 2026
The Trump administration said that Kilmar Ábrego García has no legal right to stop his removal to Liberia, arguing that the Salvadoran national's habeas claims are jurisdictionally barred and reiterating the government's position that negotiations with Liberia would make his removal to Costa Rica "prejudicial" to the United States.
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June 25, 2026
A federal statute allowing noncitizens to be deported over convictions for a crime of child abuse, child neglect or child abandonment can encompass endangerment situations where a child was put in danger but not hurt, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday.
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June 25, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from implementing the president's March order to compile a federal list of eligible voters and to set new restrictions on the use of mail-in ballots in this fall's general election.
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June 25, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has ordered a Washington federal court to increase an attorney fee award for farmworkers who successfully challenged the federal government's agricultural wage survey methodology, finding the lower court's explanation for slashing the award by 75% was insufficient.
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June 25, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge has tossed a Trump administration suit challenging the sanctuary policies in four Garden State cities, ruling that most of the government's grievances against them actually stemmed from a statewide directive it unsuccessfully challenged previously.
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June 25, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to the Trump administration to move forward with ending temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians, ruling that courts are barred from reviewing such determinations.
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June 25, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that federal immigration officials can turn away noncitizens without valid travel documents who haven't physically crossed the southern border when U.S. ports of entry are at capacity.