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Immigration policy

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Attention · 7 days100 / 10015 outlets · 84 stories
Archive matches · 30 days92 / 100128 records · 2 branches
Archive signalMoving FastLatest archive match Sep 25, 2026
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Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court as 3rd-country deportations are thrown into question

PBS NewsHour Politics · Sep 25, 2026

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AMERICAN OVERSIGHT v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

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District of Columbia District · No. 1:26-cv-02855 Open the supporting record →
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Federal court

AMERICAN OVERSIGHT v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

The public docket moved.

District of Columbia District · No. 1:26-cv-02855
Federal court

National Immigration Law Center et al v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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California Central District · No. 2:26-cv-07682
Federal court

Mami Chelo Foundation et al v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al

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New York Southern District · No. 1:26-cv-00637
Federal court

Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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New York Southern District · No. 1:26-cv-01962
Federal court

Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts et al v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al

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Massachusetts District · No. 1:26-cv-13038
Federal court

TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER et al v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

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District of Columbia District · No. 1:21-cv-02153
Federal court

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

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District of Columbia District · No. 1:25-cv-03619
Congress

H.R. 10503

To establish a Federal grant program to reimburse certain States for the costs incurred and damage caused by widespread deployment of Federal immigration officials,…

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be …
Congress

H.Res. 1560

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4393) to secure the border and reform the immigration laws.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Congress

S.J.Res. 213

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enf…

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 668.

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Why this is surfacing

Current coverage

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01 · PBS NewsHour Politics

Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court as 3rd-country deportations are thrown into question

A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own threw a core immigration policy of the Trump administration …

02 · The Hill

Homan says ICE isn’t ‘going anywhere’ amid immigration enforcement scrutiny

White House border czar Tom Homan stood behind Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thursday, saying the agency is "not going any…

03 · The Daily Caller

Mass Immigration Drastically Altered California’s State Landscape, New Study Finds

‘jamming of all the highways’

04 · Courthouse News Service

Feds argue it’s too late to open 2027 Green Card Lottery

The government says the deadline to run the 2027 diversity visa lottery has already been missed. Immigration attorneys say they ran ou…

05 · Courthouse News Service

Third-country removals put on hold, triggering Trump request to Supreme Court

The Trump administration asked the justices to allow it to continue deporting detainees to countries other than where they were born.

06 · Breitbart

Washington Post: Trump Deputies Deny 440,000 Asylum Requests

President Donald Trump's deputies have denied more than 440,000 asylum claims, according to data from the Washington Post. The post Wa…

07 · HuffPost Politics

Trump Administration Asks The Supreme Court To Allow Quick Third-Country Deportations To Continue

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow continued quick deportations of immigrants to third count…

08 · Newsweek

Supreme Court Faces New Immigration Decision After Trump Admin Plea

The government said third-country removals were necessary to get criminals out of the U.S. when home countries won't take them.

09 · Breitbart

Breitbart News to Host Policy Event with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin

Breitbart News is hosting a major policy event with Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin to discuss the Trump administratio…

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