Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

Immigration enforcement, detention, deportation, citizenship and related due-process or civil-rights controversies.

July 6, 2026
Confirmed

Judge Enjoins USCIS Policy Indefinitely Pausing Immigration Benefit Applications

U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley, in the Southern District of Ohio, granted a preliminary injunction on July 6, 2026, in a suit brought by 25 foreign nationals whose green card, work authorization and travel...

Legal outcome Preliminary injunction granted; USCIS and DHS ordered to resume adjudicating the plaintiffs' pending applications and to report on compliance within 30 days.