Immigration

  • July 28, 2026

    Contempt Bid Denied In Guatemalan Kids Removal Order Case

    A D.C. federal judge rejected a bid to hold immigration officials in contempt for allegedly violating a court order prohibiting the removal of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, finding there is no evidence any of the children were actually deported.

  • July 28, 2026

    ICE Facility's Appointed Monitor Reports Medical Neglect

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is failing to comply with a California federal judge's preliminary injunction order requiring it to provide an adequate healthcare system at a detention center in the western Mojave Desert, according to a report from a court-appointed monitor.

  • July 28, 2026

    Connecticut's ICE Arrest 'Obstacles' Can't Stand, Feds Say

    A Connecticut state law and a local executive order that limit cooperation with immigration authorities are preempted by acts of Congress and must be struck down, the U.S. government told a federal court.

  • July 28, 2026

    Charges Dropped Against SEIU Official Who Protested ICE

    Federal prosecutors in California have dropped charges against a Service Employees International Union official who was arrested after he blocked a police vehicle during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Los Angeles, according to a court filing.

  • July 28, 2026

    Feds Say Ethiopian TPS Suit Rehashes Unreviewable Claims

    The Trump administration urged a Massachusetts federal court to toss an amended lawsuit challenging its revocation of Ethiopia's temporary protected status designation, leaning on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling allowing it to terminate TPS for Haiti and Syria.

  • July 27, 2026

    US Reps Tell DC Circ. ICE Oversight Notice Policy Is Unlawful

    Lawmakers have urged the D.C. Circuit to affirm a pause on a policy requiring seven days' notice for congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities, saying a lower court correctly held they could challenge the policy and would likely succeed.

  • July 27, 2026

    NYC Beats Most Claims In Texas Migrant Busing Suit

    A Manhattan federal judge on Monday dismissed allegations that New York City's protest over Roadrunner Charter Inc.'s role in transporting migrants from Texas to the Empire State constituted contractual interference, finding that no breach of a third-party agreement occurred.

  • July 27, 2026

    DHS Used Personal Data To Get Back At Protesters, Suit Says

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security have been collecting personal data on people legally documenting immigration enforcement activities and using it to retaliate against them in violation of federal privacy and First Amendment protection laws, according to a suit filed in California federal court.

  • July 27, 2026

    Judge Stays ICE Oversight Visit Case Pending Appeal

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday stayed a lawsuit brought by House Democrats challenging a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy limiting their oversight access to immigration facilities while the Trump administration appeals an injunction limiting the visit restrictions.

  • July 27, 2026

    New DHS Rule Will Speed Some Asylum Cases To Court

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security unveiled a new regulation Monday allowing asylum officers to skip interviews if they determine someone is barred from, ineligible for or does not merit asylum and send those cases straight to immigration court.

  • July 27, 2026

    NJ Mayor Fights DOJ Bid To Toss False Arrest Suit

    Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka is pushing back on a bid from the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit over his allegedly unlawful arrest last year outside an ICE facility, telling a New Jersey federal court that the government's theories of immunity don't fit the facts and case law.

  • July 27, 2026

    Trump Admin Appeals Partial Block On Mail Ballot Order

    The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in after the First Circuit declined on Saturday to lift a lower court's order prohibiting the administration from enforcing restrictions on mail-in balloting in 23 states and the District of Columbia in this year's general election.

  • July 24, 2026

    Illinois Blocked From Giving Tuition Aid To Immigrants

    A federal judge Friday permanently barred Illinois from providing benefits such as in-state tuition and education scholarships to unauthorized immigrants, agreeing with the Trump administration's argument that the offerings run afoul of federal law by discriminating against U.S. citizens.

  • July 24, 2026

    1st Circ. Won't Stay Decision Blocking $100K H-1B Visa Fee

    The First Circuit on Friday refused to stay a Massachusetts federal court's order throwing out President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee for certain skilled-worker visas while the administration appeals the ruling.

  • July 24, 2026

    4th Circ. Backs Parental Limits Under Juvenile Visa Program

    The Fourth Circuit affirmed Friday that the parents of immigrant children who receive visas through a special classification for kids who have been abused, neglected or abandoned cannot seek a path to legal residency through their children.

  • July 24, 2026

    Fixed-Stay Student Visas May Add Burdens For Employers

    The Trump administration's new fixed-admission framework for foreign students has U.S. employers and universities thinking through new compliance obligations, with some companies contemplating tracking students' visa expiration dates and taking on their extension paperwork, attorneys tell Law360.

  • July 24, 2026

    Ex-Immigration Judge Says Firing Is Part Of Biased Anti-DEI Push

    A former immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court claiming she was pushed off the bench because she is Black and female, and previously advocated for immigrant clients as an attorney — and saying dozens of similarly situated judges were also fired or denied permanent positions.

  • July 24, 2026

    How Gibson Dunn Turned A Bitter Pill Into A Sweet Release

    Police officers in New York's Nassau County arrested a Honduran and turned him over to federal immigration officers this year after claiming a yellow pill found in his car was crack cocaine, an assertion that a federal judge found ludicrous. Here, Law360 examines how Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP seized on that yellow pill to show the man’s arrest was pretextual and secured his release from immigration detention.

  • July 24, 2026

    'Irreparable': The Lasting Harm Of Justices' Temporary Orders

    The U.S. Supreme Court has considered dozens of emergency petitions involving executive policies since President Donald Trump's return to office. While justices often defend their emergency rulings as stop-gap measures, people at the center of those cases — who've lost their legal status, jobs, or federal funding — say that even interim decisions have had lasting effects on their lives.

  • July 24, 2026

    9th Circ. Agrees That Assault Triggers Immigration Removal

    The Ninth Circuit has refused to review an immigration court's finding that a Mexican national living in Oregon was not unfairly charged by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as being removable after his arrest for abusing his wife in front of his children.

  • July 24, 2026

    DOJ Says Colo. Tuition Laws Discriminate Against US Citizens

    The state of Colorado and its education departments are breaking federal law by providing in-state tuition, scholarships and other postsecondary educational benefits to students without legal residency but do not offer the same benefits to out-of-state U.S. citizen students, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Colorado federal court.

  • July 24, 2026

    Federal Vote Costs Mexican Removal Relief

    A Mexican man who admitted to voting in a federal election lost a bid to undo his removal after the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that the fact he did not know he was ineligible to vote did not matter.

  • July 23, 2026

    FEMA Is Illegally Tying Funds To Election Rules, States Say

    A group of mostly Democratic-led states asked a Rhode Island federal court Thursday to stop the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from withholding disaster-relief funds unless they comply with the Trump administration's election administration and immigration enforcement demands.

  • July 23, 2026

    Judge's Deportation Probe 'Off The Rails,' DOJ Tells DC Circ.

    The Trump administration urged the full D.C. Circuit to either order U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to terminate his criminal contempt inquiry into the administration's Alien Enemies Act removals last year, or order him to forgo live testimony in the probe.

  • July 23, 2026

    Colo. Nonprofit Says ICE Facility Violates Town's Land Codes

    A nonprofit and a resident of Hudson, Colorado, claimed in Colorado state court Wednesday that the town is ignoring its own land use codes by allowing a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center to be built and operated within the city, and is using federal preemption as an excuse to not act.

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Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

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    U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

  • From Order To Regulation: How EOs Are Reshaping Banking

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    The pattern of regulatory activity emerging in the wake of the Trump administration's first 18 months of executive orders makes clear that financial institutions should treat presidential directives as early warning signs and not wait for final rules to assess the accompanying compliance impact, says Jonathan Kolodziej at Bradley.

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    USCIS Delays Shouldn't Mean Detention For EB-5 Investors

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    Some EB-5 investors with pending petitions were recently detained amid a surge in immigration arrests, but when only U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services can resolve a respondent's status, immigration courts shouldn't retain cases they can't decide, and detention shouldn't replace adjudication, says Jun Li at Reid & Wise.

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    Being A Singer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Before law school, I spent seven years trying to make it as a professional singer in Los Angeles, and nearly everything I learned about preparation, humility, confidence and more has followed me into my legal practice, says Jessica Caterina at Moses & Singer.

  • Immigration Order Raises Customer ID Stakes For Banks

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    Following a recently issued immigration-related executive order, financial institutions should expect and prepare for increased scrutiny of customer due diligence and identification, suspicious activity monitoring, and consumer lending, as well as accompanying supervisory shifts and rising fair lending risks, says Douglas Weissinger at Butler Snow.

  • Navigating OFAC's 50% Rule For Cross-Border Exec Mobility

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    A recent Office of Foreign Assets Control guide signals that its 50% ownership rule can determine not only sanctions compliance but also whether a company can sponsor multinational executives for immigration, highlighting an often overlooked interaction between sanctions and immigration law, says Xuan Zhang at Reid & Wise.

  • High Court Rulings Could Alter Agency Strategy For Cos.

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook mark major turning points in the law of independent agencies and in how regulated companies should think about federal enforcement, rulemaking and agency-facing strategy, say attorneys at Holtzman Vogel.

  • Opinion

    Justices' Parole Ruling Degrades Green Card Holders' Rights

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Blanche v. Lau, holding that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers can parole a returning lawful permanent resident without clear and convincing evidence of a crime, weakens the statutory and practical protections Congress intended, say attorneys at Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners.

  • Asylum Ruling Signals Larger Separation Of Powers Battle

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado that border officials may turn away asylum-seekers without inspection is part of a broader conversation about the reach of institutional safeguards that subject governmental authority to legal constraint, says Dree Collopy at American University's Washington College of Law.

  • Series

    Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

  • How Justices' TPS Ruling Affects Workforce Planning

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding in Mullin v. Doe that courts lack jurisdiction to review temporary protected status determinations greenlights the end of TPS for thousands of Syrian and Haitian nationals, and means employers must reevaluate TPS-designees' employability while avoiding discriminatory document practices, says attorney Richard Herman.

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    Bass Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Landing a trophy striped bass and closing a big deal both require cultivating the patience to finesse — not force — your way to desired outcomes, changing course when your old approach isn’t working and learning from the ones that got away, says Jon Ruiss at Alston & Bird.

  • Roundup

    The Most Talked-About Supreme Court Decisions Of 2026

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    This term, 11 U.S. Supreme Court decisions quickly became hot topics among Law360's guest writers.

  • Mitigating Employer Risk In Immigration Compliance Visits

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    As Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate site visits become an increasingly important tool to verify that the details in employment-based immigration petitions match the reality of the workplace, employers can reduce their risk by treating preparedness as part of their immigration compliance program, says Morgan Bailey at Mayer Brown.

  • Justices Stand On Statutory Specifics In Cisco And Landor

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    With its June 23 decisions in Cisco Systems Inc. v. Doe and Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, the U.S. Supreme Court doubled down on the critical point that the statute invoked in a federal claim must authorize a private lawsuit and the remedy sought, says Patrick Judd at Phelps Dunbar.

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