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April 23, 2026
Civil rights groups suing the U.S. government to block immigration courthouse arrests asked a New York federal judge to stay the enforcement of the arrest policy, arguing that government attorneys have retracted their original position on the legality of the arrests.
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April 23, 2026
Seven workers at a Massachusetts car wash lodged a Federal Tort Claims Act action alleging they were racially profiled during an immigration raid, saying the officers lacked warrants and made "no meaningful effort" to confirm their status before arresting them.
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April 23, 2026
An immigration judge failed to address and explain inconsistencies before finding a Cameroonian man credible and granting him withholding of removal protection, the Board of Immigration Appeals said in a decision designated as precedential.
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April 22, 2026
The government urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to lift an injunction barring Border Patrol from warrantless arrests and detentive stops without probable cause and reasonable suspicion, arguing that the plaintiffs lack standing, because they have "no good basis to believe they themselves will be subject to future unlawful stops."
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April 22, 2026
TD Bank NA and airline-owned financial technology company Airlines Reporting Corp. are facing a proposed class action in Delaware federal court accusing them of funneling airfare transaction data to the government through a "secret pipeline," in violation of consumers' financial privacy rights.
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April 22, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel temporarily blocked California from enforcing part of a law requiring law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, to visibly display identification, ruling it is likely unconstitutional.
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April 22, 2026
More than 300 legal services providers, faith-based institutions and community groups are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to fully restore a program that allows nonlawyers to assist low-income and indigent persons in immigration proceedings.
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April 22, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit has vacated a preliminary injunction halting the operations of an Everglades-based immigration detention center for bypassing federal environmental laws, ruling two environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida challenging the detention center failed to show that it is under federal control.
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April 22, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unconvinced on Wednesday that returning green card holders with pending criminal charges must be admitted rather than paroled into the country, with one justice suggesting it could backfire on lawful permanent residents and might be impractical.
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April 22, 2026
The Trump administration and the state of Nebraska have asked a Nebraska federal court to sign off on a consent decree they reached seeking to permanently block state laws that provide in-state tuition benefits to unauthorized immigrants, agreeing that federal law preempts them.
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April 22, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are fighting back against a suit filed by Michigan and one of its cities in Michigan federal court over a planned ICE detention center, arguing that the plaintiffs lack standing and that the Immigration and Nationality Act allows the federal government to convert a local warehouse into an immigrant detention center.
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April 22, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge has said she will give the government more time to notify detained immigrants of their right to a bond hearing and appeal, but also added a restriction barring transfers of detainees to other jurisdictions for at least 24 hours after they have been served.
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April 22, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor announced its proposed rule Wednesday for clarifying when multiple employers are jointly liable for wage and hour violations.
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April 21, 2026
Disapproval of criminal gangs or opposition to them is not enough to establish a protected political opinion for asylum purposes, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled on Tuesday, affirming an immigration judge's denial of an El Salvadoran woman's application.
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April 21, 2026
A Colorado state judge narrowly expanded a June order that enjoined Colorado's governor from directing the state's Labor Department employees to respond to federal immigration enforcement subpoenas, ruling Tuesday that the order includes a March 13 subpoena by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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April 21, 2026
A Texas federal judge has recommended that the wife and children of an Egyptian man accused of attacking pro-Israel demonstrators be released from immigration detention, finding that their more than 10-month detention has violated the family's due process rights.
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April 21, 2026
Immigration officials said a California federal court should toss a proposed class action from inmates alleging intolerable living conditions in a Mojave Desert processing center because the plaintiffs have sued the wrong defendants.
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April 21, 2026
Voting rights advocates sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday over its bid to acquire states' unredacted voter information to cross-check voter rolls against immigration databases, warning that the effort could enable purges of naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote.
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April 21, 2026
Attorneys for a class of young asylum-seekers told a Maryland federal judge the U.S. government should be held in contempt for brazenly violating a settlement agreement and deporting class members to countries they fled without first deciding their asylum applications.
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April 21, 2026
An Oregon federal judge on Tuesday allowed two environmental groups to intervene as plaintiffs in a consolidated suit filed by the state and one of its cities, which are challenging a proposed federal immigrant detention center planned to be built near an airport.
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April 21, 2026
Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.
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April 21, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday issued a list of more than 1,400 individuals who lost U.S. citizenship during the first quarter of the year, a slight uptick from a year ago.
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April 20, 2026
A former housekeeper for Kylie Jenner has sued the celebrity influencer in California state court, alleging the housekeeper was forced to do additional work without pay, mocked by colleagues for her accent, treated as inferior due to her Salvadoran background, and that "things got violent" when she complained to her supervisors.
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April 20, 2026
A Mexican national and domestic violence survivor sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday, arguing that the October rule eliminating the automatic extension of work permits for immigrants awaiting renewal decisions will severely harm immigrants who get pushed out of the workforce.
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April 20, 2026
A New York federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to testify about after-the-fact administrative arrest warrants, saying the government is trying to obscure whether the arrests of two people were lawful.