The Fourth Circuit vacated the final removal order for a man the federal government wants to deport to Liberia despite his never living there and his fear of persecution due to his sexuality, finding that he didn't get a fair immigration hearing.
Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah C. Dugan can't use a recent Fourth Circuit ruling to overturn her conviction for obstructing ICE officers, the federal government said Wednesday, calling that ruling "merely relevant" and not at all binding.
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking for the full D.C. Circuit to review a panel's 2-1 decision halting U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg's criminal contempt inquiry into U.S. Department of Homeland Security flights that took 250 immigrants to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison last year.
The D.C. Circuit will expedite its review of challenges to the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial licenses for foreign truck drivers, but has already expressed skepticism about the petitioners' claims that the restrictions are pretext for an anti-immigrant agenda of the Trump administration.
A split Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's argument that immigrants unlawfully in the United States have no due process rights, though every member of the panel had a different take on the issue.
A Rhode Island federal judge, whom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized for releasing a noncitizen with an alleged overseas warrant for homicide, on Tuesday said she is referring an assistant U.S. attorney for disciplinary proceedings for not disclosing the warrant to her beforehand.
The Trump administration has asked the D.C. Circuit to undo class certification for thousands of Afghan and Iraqi citizens seeking special immigrant visas after aiding U.S. forces overseas, as well as a revised plan to tackle a backlog of their delayed applications.
Attorneys for the ex-wife and children of an Egyptian man accused of attacking pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colo., said Tuesday the Trump administration tried to deport them in violation of a court order, but turned the removal flight around midair following fresh court intervention.
Three labor unions cited a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in their lawsuit alleging a government surveillance program scours online activity for viewpoints the Trump administration dislikes and leverages the threat of immigration enforcement to suppress speech, arguing that the high court's decision supports their standing in the case.
Immigration enforcement would get nearly $70 billion between two budget reconciliation bills released by Senate committees on Monday.