July 01, 2021
The Ninth Circuit has brushed off claims from the government that children facing expulsion from the U.S. under a public health policy are not subject to the same standards of care as other minors who cross the border.
June 30, 2021
The Ninth Circuit has again preserved a lower court order barring the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from holding unaccompanied migrant children in hotels for more than three days before moving them to licensed facilities, ruling Wednesday that the order gives the government flexibility in emergency situations.
October 05, 2020
The Ninth Circuit preserved a lower court order barring the Trump administration from holding asylum-seeking children in hotels for more than three days before deporting them, finding in a ruling Sunday that the administration wasn't likely to win its case defending the practice.
September 30, 2020
A Ninth Circuit judge expressed skepticism Wednesday of the government's request to pause an order barring immigration officials from detaining asylum-seeking migrant children in hotels, saying there's something "deeply wrong" with the government's alleged efforts to block the children's access to lawyers and families.
September 22, 2020
A California federal judge on Monday shot down the government's request to stay her earlier order barring immigration officials from detaining asylum-seeking migrant children in hotels, saying the government made no substantive new arguments in its application while demonstrating "bewildering logic."