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 ...

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.

Minnesota U.S. Attorney seeks judge’s recusal in immigration case over alleged appearance of impartiality

The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota is calling for a federal judge to step away from an immigration case, raising concerns over ...

Testy exchanges over immigration cases highlight growing confrontations between judges and DOJ

A federal judge has clashed with Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor during an unusual contempt hearing that highlighted ...
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Judges called ICE operations ‘Orwellian' and 'craven'. What else did they say?

For the past year, the FOX 9 Investigators have tracked the Trump administration’s immigration operations and the subsequent legal fights playing out in the federal court system.

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.
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S.F. immigration courts gutted: 21 judges down to 2 after planned departures

At the start of last year, San Francisco's two immigration courts had 21 judges. By mid-March there will just be two left.

Judge presses ICE on compliance with DC warrantless arrest ban

Judge Beryl Howell ruled in December that immigration officials could not arrest undocumented immigrants in D.C. without a ...