District Judge Amy M. Baggio denied the City of Portland and Officer Abbas Mire’s motion to dismiss a complaint alleging deliberate indifference and intentional punishment of a pretrial detainee who was denied bathroom access and forced to walk barefoot...
New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of 18 other state attorneys general in an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, her office announced, urging the justices to uphold lower court rulings that have postponed the Trump...
The Fourth Circuit reversed the conviction of a noncitizen who escaped ICE custody to prevent his deportation, holding that the execution of a removal warrant does not constitute a pending proceeding under the federal obstruction statute.
The Ninth Circuit dismissed in part and denied in part Harpreet Singh Khera’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision rejecting his claims for special rule cancellation of removal, withholding of removal, and protection under the...
U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso granted a preliminary injunction in Rosado v. Bondi, holding that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin likely violated the First Amendment by coercing private platforms to...
The First Circuit reversed the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of adjustment of status for a Venezuelan national, holding that the agency engaged in impermissible de novo factfinding rather than reviewing the Immigration Judge’s credibility...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion for summary judgment seeking to permanently end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, his office announced, asking a federal court to declare the policy unlawful and block the federal...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, Governor Ned Lamont, and New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker issued statements pledging to fight a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit targeting the state's Trust Act, which limits state and local cooperation with...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe, supporting a challenge to the Trump administration's termination...
The Supreme Court will determine whether immigration officers must have clear and convincing evidence that a lawful permanent resident committed a disqualifying crime at the time of reentry, or if the government can rely on evidence produced later in...
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review and remanded the case of Denise Allison Williams and her three children to the Board of Immigration Appeals to consider whether equitable tolling applies to their untimely appeal.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the City of Houston, Mayor Whitmire and city councilmembers, alleging that a local ordinance barring Houston Police from acting on ICE administrative warrants in the field conflicts with a 2017 state law...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and 23 other attorneys general — representing 23 states and the District of Columbia — filed an amicus brief supporting a class of children challenging President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright...
The Ninth Circuit denied in part and dismissed in part a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying a motion to reconsider a 2009 cancellation of removal ruling.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a habeas petition for a Honduran national, ruling that he is not subject to mandatory detention without a bond hearing under the Laken Riley Act or 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b).
A multi-state coalition argues the Trump administration's move to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants is unlawful and would devastate state economies, public health, and U.S.-citizen children of TPS holders.
A coalition of attorneys general argues in a new amicus brief that ending three decades of Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants would cause irreparable harm to families, state economies, and public safety — and that DHS has offered no evidence...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-led a coalition of 19 state attorneys general Monday in filing a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief supporting a challenge to the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian...
A coalition led by California urges the justices to affirm lower-court orders halting the Trump administration's November 2025 cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for two nationalities.
The Supreme Court heard argument in a case that could reshape how federal courts review immigration agency decisions on whether an asylum seeker's past experiences rise to the level of persecution under federal law.