8 entries in the ledger
On July 2, 2026, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 that the federal government cannot hold longtime undocumented residents for more than 90 days without offering a bond...
A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to rehire 19 career intelligence officers at the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who were fired after temporary assignments working...
On June 23, 2026, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allowed the Trump administration to resume applying "expedited removal" - fast-track deportation without a hearing before an...
On February 25, 2026, U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy in Massachusetts ruled that the Trump administration's policy of deporting migrants to "third countries" - nations that are neither their home country nor listed...
After Kilmar Abrego Garcia was returned to the United States, immigration officials pursued his removal to Liberia, a country with which he had no established personal or family connection. This followed his earlier...
The government deported Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador despite an existing immigration order that prohibited his removal to that country. Officials acknowledged the deportation was an...
Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, a wartime statute, against alleged members of a Venezuelan gang, using it to authorize rapid removals of individuals without the hearings ordinarily required in immigration...
On January 29, 2025, Trump directed the government to prepare the Guantánamo Migrant Operations Center to hold as many as 30,000 migrants, a substantial expansion of the facility's use for immigration detention. The...