August 13, 2026
The federal government fired back in California federal court Wednesday against a bid by California and Santa Clara County to block a planned ICE office and temporary holding facility in Silicon Valley, arguing that the project's alleged environmental, health and safety impacts are speculative and unsupported.
June 29, 2026
The state of California and Santa Clara County told a California federal court to block the federal government and a real estate investment firm from going forward with an immigrant detention facility allegedly planned for a 24.5-acre site, saying it would cause "significant and potentially catastrophic environmental and public health harms."
June 10, 2026
Santa Clara County and the state of California sued the Trump administration in federal court Wednesday to stop it from building and operating an 18,700-square-foot short-term ICE detention holding facility on remote property that's been restricted to agricultural-related use for generations and is home to threatened and endangered species.