DOJ adds 42 new immigration judges with Trump-aligned enforcement records

The Justice Department this week added 42 new immigration judges across courts in California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Texas, and Virginia, marking the latest step in the Trump administration’s ...

Judge orders Leqaa Kordia’s release. Will ICE keep her detained?

A third judge ordered Leqaa Kordia of Paterson released from ICE detention, exactly one year after her arrest. Why is she ...

US judge pauses termination of deportation protections for some Somali immigrants

A federal judge in Massachusetts is temporarily blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for ...

Courts Must Defer to Immigration Judges on Asylum, Justices Say

Federal appeals courts must defer to immigration judges’ findings on whether asylum-seekers show harms serious enough to qualify for protection, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously.

Immigration judges speeding up removal cases involving Somali people

On Jan. 30, as immigration attorney Matthew Mockenhaupt was representing a client in a hearing, his email inbox flooded with calendar invites from the court. He’d never seen the court schedule so ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia cannot be re-detained by immigration agents, federal judge rules

ICE officials cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled.

Judge declines to recuse himself after Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney sought removal from immigration case

A federal judge has declined to recuse himself from an immigration case after Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney raised concerns about ...

ICE re-arrests Sheboygan Falls mother after judge halted deportation and cleared green card path

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a Sheboygan Falls woman during a routine check-in this week, taking her back into custody just months after an immigration court judge ...