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June 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Ninth Circuit was wrong to reinstate an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging that Cisco helped the Chinese government's allegedly unlawful crackdown on the Falun Gong religious movement, saying federal courts lack authority to create causes of action for alleged violations of international law.
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June 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday held that green-card holders with pending criminal charges should be paroled rather than admitted into the country when returning from abroad.
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June 22, 2026
A Trump administration attorney Monday couldn't answer repeated questions about what changed when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced last December that its agents were no longer responsible for collecting biometric data from immigration detainees, a key requirement for noncitizens seeking legal status.
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June 22, 2026
The full D.C. Circuit on Monday vacated a split panel ruling halting U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's criminal contempt inquiry into the Trump administration's Alien Enemies Act removals last year, agreeing to rehear the matter.
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June 22, 2026
The Board of Immigration Appeals said an immigration judge reasonably denied a Cameroon man's bid for asylum based on multiple driving under the influence convictions, despite granting his application for withholding of removal to the African country.
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June 22, 2026
The First Circuit has upheld the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of a Brazilian family's asylum case after the mother said she was repeatedly abused by her former partner, pointing to evidence that she was never unable to leave him.
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June 22, 2026
The Trump administration said it is appealing a Tennessee federal judge's decision to throw out the human smuggling charges that it brought against Kilmar Ábrego García.
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June 22, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security proposed Monday raising the cost of applying for citizenship by $570, and doing away with reduced fees and fee waivers, saying the moves would help the agency recoup the cost of processing the applications.
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June 18, 2026
A network of migrant-led groups told a Massachusetts federal judge it agreed to dismiss its claims against a company accused of participating in a scheme to fly migrants to Martha's Vineyard.
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June 18, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has clarified that dairy-related positions may qualify for the H-2A temporary visa program for agricultural workers based on whether an employer needs temporary labor.
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June 18, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has abandoned plans to convert a suburban Detroit warehouse into a 500-bed immigration detention center and will instead sell the facility, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday.
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June 18, 2026
An Arizona Indigenous nation is asking a D.C. federal court to block the Department of Homeland Security from constructing a 62-mile border wall through its reservation, alleging that reports of federal contractors destroying ancestral sites in adjacent areas confirm the tribe's decision to oppose the wall construction.
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June 18, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued the city of Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner and the city solicitor in Pennsylvania federal court over an ordinance prohibiting federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themselves and their vehicles as part of law enforcement agencies.
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June 18, 2026
In a climate where immigration lawyers are coming under the Trump administration’s scrutiny to tamp down on asylum fraud, law students are being ignited to enter the workforce early and rectify the injustices they see.
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June 18, 2026
A New York federal judge refused to award over $1 million in attorney fees and costs to organizations that challenged "public charge" immigration policies the first Trump administration enacted, ruling that preliminary injunctions did not give them prevailing party status.
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June 17, 2026
Immigration activists whose claims of prosecutorial misconduct led Chicago's top federal prosecutor to drop a criminal conspiracy case against them are now asking their judge to appoint special counsel and conduct an evidentiary sanctions hearing to determine the full extent of the misconduct and "ensuing cover-up."
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June 17, 2026
The Board of Immigration Appeals said Wednesday that an immigration judge erred in determining that an evidentiary hearing was necessary before deciding whether a Cuban national should be deported to Ecuador under that country's asylum cooperative agreement with the U.S.
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June 17, 2026
A Rhode Island federal prosecutor who knowingly withheld information about a detainee's criminal history at the behest of immigration enforcement, leading to an "unfounded attack" against a federal judge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the detainee's release, violated his duty of candor but will not face discipline, the district's chief judge determined.
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June 17, 2026
A Mexico-born woman who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year is suing the government in Connecticut federal court, saying the agents violated agency guidelines and the Constitution when they arrested her in front of her young children while they were on the way to school.
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June 17, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed to conduct en banc review over the firing of two immigration judges, after the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that they constituted inferior officers who are subject to at-will removal by the president.
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June 17, 2026
A U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judge pushed a September hearing in an H-2A enforcement case against a Kentucky tobacco farm to August 2027, rescheduling the hearing while the U.S. Supreme Court considers the DOL's power to pursue monetary remedies in its in-house tribunal.
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June 16, 2026
Haitians challenging the Trump administration's now-postponed move to revoke temporary protected status for Haiti urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to dismiss the administration's appeal, arguing that additional factual development is needed in light of newly disclosed documents.
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June 16, 2026
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota unveiled criminal charges Tuesday against 15 people accused of participating in a conspiracy to impede immigration agents during heated protests in the Minneapolis area earlier this year, alleging they are affiliated with the left-wing antifa movement.
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June 16, 2026
The Second Circuit issued a summary order Tuesday affirming the conviction of a Connecticut man who pled guilty to tax crimes, disagreeing that allegedly misleading advice from trial attorneys about the immigration implications of his plea warranted his withdrawing it.
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June 16, 2026
A Democratic-led Senate resolution that would have blocked a U.S. Department of Justice rule directing its Board of Immigration Appeals to quickly dismiss cases that don't raise "novel" issues failed to pass Tuesday.