Pentagon to tap 600 military lawyers as temporary immigration judges
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a…
What to know about Abrego Garcia’s asylum claim. Experts say it’s a smart but risky legal move
Kilmar Abrego Garcia ’s request for asylum in the United States is a prudent legal strategy, experts say, because it gives his lawyers better options…
Judge pauses Trump administration’s push to expand fast-track deportations
WASHINGTON — A federal judge agreed on Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations of immigrants who legally entered the U.S. under…
Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back
CHICAGO — Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.…
Faith leaders bear witness as migrants appear in immigration court
Rev. Jason Cook, a minister at Tapestry, a Unitarian Universalist congregation, wore his traditional white collar and a colorful stole resembling stained glass when he…
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
NEW YORK — New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying…
Father ripped from family as agents target immigration courts
The man just had his immigration case dismissed and his wife and 8-year-old son were trailing behind him when agents surrounded, then handcuffed him outside…
ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge
MIAMI — Juan Serrano, a 28-year-old Colombian migrant with no criminal record, attended a hearing in immigration court in Miami on Wednesday for what he thought would…
Judge releases the Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by ICE to continue her studies
A federal judge in Vermont on Friday released a Turkish Tufts University student detained in a Louisiana immigration center more than six weeks after she…
Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
A Tufts University student from Turkey being held in a Louisiana immigration facility must be returned to New England no later than May 1 to…
Trump administration ends funding for migrant children’s legal aid
President Trump’s administration on Friday ended a federal contract that provides legal representation to nearly 26,000 migrant children who entered the United States without a…