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.
January 14, 2022
A federal judge in Boston on Friday excised constitutional claims from a lawsuit brought by lawyers and law firms claiming the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies illegally withhold case documents from immigrants to ambush them at removal and asylum hearings.
January 19, 2021
Law firms frustrated with fighting federal immigration officials for copies of their clients' records are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other agencies for withholding case documents and forcing immigrants to face "trial by ambush."