April 08, 2021
A split Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied a bid by Republican attorneys general to revive the "public charge" rule, with U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke dissenting to say that the Biden administration ensured that the rule "was gone faster than toilet paper in a pandemic."
March 11, 2021
Eleven states have asked to defend the Trump-era immigration wealth test after the Biden administration "effectively abandoned" the rule, telling the Ninth Circuit they plan on bringing the policy up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 21, 2021
The Ninth Circuit permitted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to implement the so-called public charge rule on Wednesday, saying it will delay the effective date of its ruling barring the policy while the U.S. Supreme Court considers the rule's legality.
September 15, 2020
A Ninth Circuit judge appointed by President Donald Trump pressed immigration advocates Tuesday on their definition of "public charge" and repeatedly questioned why they didn't cite a dictionary example calling churchgoers a "minister's charge," prompting another judge on the panel to call the issue "quite irrelevant."
February 19, 2020
The Trump administration's bid to implement its wealth test for immigrants in Illinois met with blowback Wednesday when an Illinois county and nonprofit urged the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the rule from taking effect in the state.
January 24, 2020
The U.S. House of Representatives has joined the fight against a Trump administration policy that would penalize low-income immigrants, arguing in briefs filed in courts across the country that the immigration rule overrides Congress' intent.
December 06, 2019
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday agreed to temporarily lift two lower court orders blocking the Trump administration from penalizing immigrants found likely to rely on public assistance, holding that the government is likely to win its appeal of those rulings.