October 30, 2026

DOJ Election Threats Halted by Judge Days Before Nov. 3 Vote A federal court temporary restraining order on a desk beside a stack of mail ballot envelopes and a gavel

A federal court temporary restraining order on a desk beside a stack of mail ballot envelopes and a gavel

DOJ Election Threats Halted by Judge Days Before Nov. 3 Vote

October 30, 2026

A San Francisco federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to stop threatening election workers with prosecution...

Pregnant Migrant Minors: ORR Keeps Placements in South Texas A US map on a desk with South Texas circled in red, a dashed line to New York, and a stethoscope and case folder beside it

A US map on a desk with South Texas circled in red, a dashed line to New York, and a stethoscope and case folder beside it

Pregnant Migrant Minors: ORR Keeps Placements in South Texas

October 30, 2026

ORR is still placing pregnant migrant minors in South Texas shelters more than a year after a...

H-1B Fee Lawsuit Moves Ahead as Judge Rejects Government Pause An H-1B Form I-797A approval notice stamped approved beside a federal court order denying a motion to stay proceedings

An H-1B Form I-797A approval notice stamped approved beside a federal court order denying a motion to stay proceedings

H-1B Fee Lawsuit Moves Ahead as Judge Rejects Government Pause

October 30, 2026

A California federal judge has refused to pause the H-1B fee lawsuit while the government appeals, Mealey's...

Afghan Deportation Flight to Pakistan Tests Third-Country Removals Men walking toward the boarding stairs of an unmarked white charter jet on an airport tarmac at dawn, with uniformed officers nearby

Men walking toward the boarding stairs of an unmarked white charter jet on an airport tarmac at dawn, with uniformed officers nearby

Afghan Deportation Flight to Pakistan Tests Third-Country Removals

October 30, 2026

A deportation flight carrying Afghans from Louisiana to Pakistan could leave as soon as Monday. The route...

Venezuelan TPS Set to Return Nov. 6 as Ninth Circuit Denies Stay Form I-821 application for Temporary Protected Status on a courtroom desk beside a passport and a gavel

Form I-821 application for Temporary Protected Status on a courtroom desk beside a passport and a gavel

Venezuelan TPS Set to Return Nov. 6 as Ninth Circuit Denies Stay

October 30, 2026

The Ninth Circuit refused to keep a lower-court ruling on hold, so Venezuelan TPS returns Nov. 6...

Immigrant Population Barely Grew in 2025, New Census Survey Shows Front view of the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters building in Suitland, Maryland

Front view of the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters building in Suitland, Maryland

Immigrant Population Barely Grew in 2025, New Census Survey Shows

October 30, 2026

The first full Census survey of 2025 shows the immigrant population holding at about 50.4 million, a...

Unaccompanied Children Immigration Court Dockets Speed Up in Midwest A Form I-862 Notice to Appear on a wooden table next to a child's Halloween candy bucket and a fidget toy

A Form I-862 Notice to Appear on a wooden table next to a child's Halloween candy bucket and a fidget toy

Unaccompanied Children Immigration Court Dockets Speed Up in Midwest

October 30, 2026

Immigration courts in Chicago and Kansas City put dozens of unaccompanied children on hearing calendars with a...

BIA Appeals Backlog Doubles as Board Posts a 20-Year High A Form EOIR-26 Notice of Appeal on a desk in front of a tall stack of case folders

BIA Appeals Backlog Doubles as Board Posts a 20-Year High

October 30, 2026

The BIA appeals backlog has roughly doubled since 2024 even though the Board of Immigration Appeals posted...

DHS Voter Investigations Stay Denied as Ninth Circuit Weighs En Banc Exterior of the James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building in San Francisco, home of the Ninth Circuit

Exterior of the James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building in San Francisco, home of the Ninth Circuit

DHS Voter Investigations Stay Denied as Ninth Circuit Weighs En Banc

October 30, 2026

The Ninth Circuit refused to lift the order keeping DHS agents away from suspected U.S. citizens' doors...

California Disputed Ballots: Ninth Circuit Turns DOJ Away Again Election workers sorting stacks of mail-in ballot envelopes at tables in a ballot processing center

Election workers sorting stacks of mail-in ballot envelopes at tables in a ballot processing center

California Disputed Ballots: Ninth Circuit Turns DOJ Away Again

October 30, 2026

A divided Ninth Circuit panel refused to make California set aside mail ballots from about 20,000 people...

DOJ Lawsuit Against Maryland Judges Reaches Fourth Circuit Exterior of the Lewis F. Powell Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, home of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Exterior of the Lewis F. Powell Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, home of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

DOJ Lawsuit Against Maryland Judges Reaches Fourth Circuit

October 30, 2026

A Fourth Circuit panel pressed the Justice Department on whether it can sue an entire federal court...

ICE Agent Indicted in Houston Sets Up Fight Over Federal Immunity A Texas criminal indictment for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a courtroom desk beside a gavel

A Texas criminal indictment for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a courtroom desk beside a gavel

ICE Agent Indicted in Houston Sets Up Fight Over Federal Immunity

October 30, 2026

Texas has charged an ICE agent with deliberately running over a Houston man. The harder question is...

Ebola Attestation Rule Widens to Crew as Airlines Push for Delay A printed Ebola traveler attestation form with a pen and a boarding pass on an airline check-in counter

A printed Ebola traveler attestation form with a pen and a boarding pass on an airline check-in counter

Ebola Attestation Rule Widens to Crew as Airlines Push for Delay

October 30, 2026

Three days before it takes effect, the CDC has widened its Ebola attestation order to cover airline...

DOJ Noncitizen Voter List Includes Citizens, Washington Says Sealed mail ballot return envelopes next to a printed voter list with blurred names

Sealed mail ballot return envelopes next to a printed voter list with blurred names

DOJ Noncitizen Voter List Includes Citizens, Washington Says

October 30, 2026

Washington's secretary of state says a Justice Department list of about 400 alleged noncitizen voters includes U.S....

Arriving Alien Adjustment: BIA Won’t Reopen Final Orders Form I-485 green card application under a Board of Immigration Appeals order stamped motion to reopen denied

Form I-485 green card application under a Board of Immigration Appeals order stamped motion to reopen denied

Arriving Alien Adjustment: BIA Won’t Reopen Final Orders

October 30, 2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals will generally not reopen a closed deportation case so an arriving alien...

DOJ Election Monitors Will Exclude FBI and ICE, Court Filing Says A man in a blazer holding a notepad stands at the side of a polling place as voters wait in line by voting booths.

A man in a blazer holding a notepad stands at the side of a polling place as voters wait in line by voting booths.

DOJ Election Monitors Will Exclude FBI and ICE, Court Filing Says

October 30, 2026

A Justice Department declaration says FBI and ICE staff will not serve as election monitors on Nov....

Indiana ICE Detention Lawsuit Targets Miami Correctional Conditions Official portrait of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin

Indiana ICE Detention Lawsuit Targets Miami Correctional Conditions

October 30, 2026

Three ICE detainees held at an Indiana state prison have filed a class action asking a federal...

Tennessee Work Permit License Denials Draw Gov. Lee’s Review A federal employment authorization card on a driver license office counter beside an application form and pen

A federal employment authorization card on a driver license office counter beside an application form and pen

Tennessee Work Permit License Denials Draw Gov. Lee’s Review

October 30, 2026

Gov. Bill Lee says he is looking into why Tennessee stopped accepting federal work permits for driver's...