In the Courts
TERM 2
May 2026 · 49 days ago
🗽 Immigration
A Central California federal court rejected the Trump administration's legal challenge to Los Angeles's sanctuary city ordinance that limits local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The ruling upholds the city's authority to restrict its police and resources from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. The decision protects local immigration policies affecting hundreds of thousands of residents in one of the nation's largest sanctuary jurisdictions.
In the Courts
TERM 2
May 2026 · 49 days ago
🗽 Immigration
A federal judge in California vacated Trump administration policies that expanded ICE arrests at immigration courthouses nationwide and lengthened detention periods in short-term facilities. The court found the policies arbitrary and capricious under administrative law. The ruling restores due process protections for immigrants appearing in court proceedings.
In the Courts
TERM 2
May 2026 · 49 days ago
🗽 Immigration
Haitian immigrants have petitioned the Supreme Court to dismiss a case challenging the Trump administration's decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS), arguing the court lacks a complete administrative record of how the termination decision was made. The action removes legal protections for thousands of Haitian nationals in the U.S. and forces them toward deportation or undocumented status. Legal challenges now focus on whether proper administrative procedures were followed in the policy's implementation.
In the Courts
TERM 2
May 2026 · 50 days ago
🗽 Immigration
U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin ruled that Trump's $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications constituted an unlawful tax in violation of federal administrative law and the Constitution. The fee, announced via executive order in September, dramatically raised costs for highly skilled worker visas. The ruling restores processing pathways for thousands of pending H-1B applications while the broader case may proceed on appeal.
In the Courts
TERM 2
May 2026 · 50 days ago
🗽 Immigration
A federal judge ruled that Trump administration policies unlawfully barred applicants from 39 travel-ban countries from receiving decisions on asylum, work permits, green cards, and citizenship applications. The decision strikes down a blanket administrative barrier that suspended processing for hundreds of thousands of pending immigration cases. The ruling directly restores the legal right to case adjudication for affected applicants while the broader travel ban litigation continues.
In the Courts
TERM 2
May 2026 · 66 days ago
🗽 Immigration
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's deportation of Colombian citizen Adriana María Quiroz Zapata to the Democratic Republic of Congo was 'likely illegal' and ordered her return to the United States. The ruling highlights the administration's practice of deporting individuals to countries that refuse to accept them, violating established deportation procedures and international law.
In the Courts
TERM 2
May 2026 · 67 days ago
🗽 Immigration
A federal appeals court in Atlanta rejected the Trump administration's policy of detaining immigrants without bond during proceedings, creating a deepening circuit split on the legality of the practice. The ruling limits the government's ability to hold migrants indefinitely without financial bail consideration, affecting thousands in immigration detention.
In the Courts
TERM 1
January 2017 · 72 days ago
🗽 Immigration
A federal judge issued an emergency order blocking the Trump administration from deporting approximately 3,000 Yemeni refugees by extending their temporary protected status. The order allows the refugees to remain in the US while legal proceedings continue to determine the status of their protections.
In the Courts
TERM 2
November 2025 · 226 days ago
🗽 Immigration
A federal judge vacated a series of Trump administration policies that halted immigration application processing for citizens of nearly 40 countries, enacted following a deadly attack on National Guard members around Thanksgiving. The court order forced immigration agencies to resume processing applications that had been frozen under the administration's restrictions. The ruling represents a significant legal setback to the administration's broadest immigration enforcement measures.
In the Courts
TERM 2
May 2025 · 430 days ago
🗽 Immigration
The Trump administration, through Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, filed a lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces to seize church property at Mount Cristo Rey in New Mexico for border wall construction. The targeted site is home to a 29-foot limestone statue of Jesus Christ and represents a sacred religious landmark. This action escalates the administration's aggressive land seizure tactics and demonstrates willingness to override religious property rights and cultural heritage protections.