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Trump administration has fired 17 immigration court judges in 10 states, union says
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin called the firing of one Illinois judge an abuse of power by the Trump administration. He alleged the ...
Judge blocks CoreCivic from opening Leavenworth prison as court skirmishes continue
A Leavenworth District Court judge finalized his decision to bar CoreCivic from housing U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
'Escalation:' Federal agents now detaining people with active immigration cases
Advocates describe courthouse arrests as a "Catch-22." Migrants have to come to court but are arrested when they do.
Legal advocates file lawsuit to stop large-scale immigration court arrests by ICE
A class-action lawsuit seeks to stop ICE officers from arresting migrants who appear at immigration courts and placing them ...
As ICE Agents Hide Their Faces, ICE Attorneys Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Courts
ICE agents are wearing masks to conceal their identities. Now, immigration judges are withholding the names of lawyers ...
Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights
The McCarran-Walter Act also contains several provisions that subject most immigration court decisions such as removal or asylum to judicial review in federal courts. That can happen on direct appeal ...