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Trump’s immigration approach is gumming up the courts, frustrating his Justice Department and judges
The Justice Department and federal courts are struggling to keep up with the exponential increase in federal court cases of immigrants in custody who are challenging their detentions, another result of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement policies across the country.

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Judge warns Trump administration from changing plaintiffs immigration status in First Amendment case
'ICE is not a law unto itself': Judge excoriates Trump administration for having 'violated' nearly 100 court orders in less than a month
US plans ICE drawdown in Minnesota after outcry over immigration raids
US federal officials are working on a plan to “draw down” the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota if state officials grant access to local jails, Donald Trump’s border ts...

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Trump’s border tsar says crackdown in Minneapolis may ease with ‘cooperation’ from state officials
Trump Denies Federal Agents Are Drawing Down in Minnesota: ‘Not at All’
Judge Temporarily Bars Trump Administration From Detaining Minnesota Refugees
U.S. District Judge John Tunheim said federal immigration agencies can continue lawful immigration operations in Minnesota, but can’t arrest or detain refugees who are seeking permanent status.

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Conservative judge in Minnesota tries to keep Trump administration in check during crackdown
Trump Immediately Blows Up His Border Czar’s Bid to Calm ICE Backlash

U.S. appeals court says Noem’s decision to end protections for Venezuelans was illegal

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem exceeded her authority in taking the action.
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Supreme Court will hear birthright citizenship case on April 1

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 1 in the challenge to President Donald Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship – that is, the guarantee of citizenship to […] The post Supreme Court will hear birthright citizenship case on April 1 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

Minnesota drags Trump's ICE to court in effort to pause immigration crackdown

At issue is Trump's deployment of some 3,000 ICE officials to Minnesota, as part of its sprawling 'Operation Metro Surge' campaign.

Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Protections for Venezuelans

The Trump administration has sought to end Temporary Protected Status for more than a million people from troubled nations. About 600,000 are from Venezuela.
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Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true?

A state survey found Minnesota prisons hold 207 noncitizens out of 8,000 total prison detainees. There were another 94 noncitizens held in county jails with ICE detainers. That adds up to 301 people — about four and a half times less than DHS claimed.

Trump Reigns Supreme in High Court Emergency Docket Decisions

The Supreme Court is siding overwhelmingly with President Donald Trump when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.