November 06, 2023
The Biden administration and a class of unaccompanied migrant children closed the door on the children's lawsuit challenging deportations under Title 42, telling a D.C. federal judge Monday that Title 42's end and following developments warranted dismissing the case.
January 25, 2023
A D.C. magistrate judge rejected the Biden administration's reasons to dismiss as moot the American Civil Liberties Union's lawsuit challenging Title 42 expulsions of unaccompanied migrant children, ordering a stay instead on Wednesday while appellate courts consider the border policy.
January 21, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice has apologized to a D.C. federal judge for filing an affidavit by an immigration official that omitted critical details about the improper deportation of migrant children during a nationwide injunction.
December 14, 2020
The federal government told a D.C. federal judge Friday that 34 children were expelled from the United States under a public health order, despite the judge's recent ruling prohibiting the immigration officials from applying a COVID-19 expulsion policy to the certified class of migrant children.
November 18, 2020
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday halted the Trump administration's policy to expel unaccompanied migrant children from the U.S. border under a public health directive aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19.
October 15, 2020
The Trump administration is fighting to continue expelling asylum-seeking children from the U.S., telling a D.C. federal judge Wednesday that nixing the policy will "all but strip" its authority to contain the coronavirus.
September 10, 2020
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security slammed a proposed class action challenging the detention and deportation of unaccompanied migrant children, saying that the suit's request for remedy would hinder the government's ability to protect public health during the pandemic.
August 17, 2020
The American Civil Liberties Union hit the Trump administration with a proposed class action alleging that the federal government is skirting immigration law by detaining unaccompanied children in hotels for days before deporting them amid the coronavirus pandemic.