February 03, 2026
A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday largely rejected the Trump administration's push to escape a coalition of religious organizations' claims that it unlawfully enacted a policy to allow immigration enforcement at churches and other sites that had been largely off-limits.
December 12, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Friday seemed unsure whether a coalition of religious organizations have a viable Administrative Procedure Act challenge to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security policy loosening restrictions on where immigration enforcement can take place.
April 18, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Maryland federal judge to throw out the challenge from a number of religious groups to the government's rollback of limits on immigration enforcement activities near places of worship, saying the policy change doesn't constitute a final agency action.
March 07, 2025
A Maryland federal judge agreed to issue a protective order that religious groups requested over concerns of misuse of information identifying their places of worship for the purposes of a preliminary injunction barring immigration enforcement actions.
March 05, 2025
Religious groups that secured a temporary court order barring federal officials from enforcing immigration laws at their places of worship asked a Maryland federal judge to safeguard information about their locations, saying they fear it could be misused.
February 24, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Monday barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting immigration enforcement at or near houses of worship of several religious groups, saying their free exercise of religion is likely being chilled.
February 10, 2025
The Trump administration has urged a Maryland federal judge to reject religious groups' attempt to stop a new policy allowing immigration raids in places of worship, saying they have failed to show how they will be harmed by the policy change.
January 29, 2025
Groups representing scores of Quaker congregations are asking a Maryland federal court to block a new U.S. Department of Homeland Security policy authorizing immigration enforcement actions in previously protected areas such as churches, and to declare the policy unconstitutional.