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US Supreme Court denies immigration judges the power to shelve deportation cases
The unsigned order leaves a nationwide injunction intact, affecting hundreds of thousands of deportation cases and blocking judges from pausing proceedings.
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed a deportation settlement between President Donald Trump's administration and Texas to remain in force, rejecting an emergency request without explanation.
- The settlement effectively terminates a federal regulation that allowed immigration judges to pause deportation proceedings for vulnerable individuals such as neglected children or violent-crime survivors. The Justice Department agreed to set aside the rule.
- Baltimore, Columbus, and New Haven, along with Centro Legal and Raza, challenged the settlement as "egregious collusion," arguing it bypassed public participation and APA rulemaking requirements.
- District Judge Reed O'Connor approved the settlement the same day. Solicitor D. John Sauer argued the challengers' request "attempts to improperly leverage a clear-cut dispute over intervention into a far-reaching attack on the merits of a consent judgment."
- Connor previously ruled the challengers lacked legal standing because they were not directly affected by the settlement. The case remains pending at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Supreme Court declines to restore policy allowing immigration judges to close deportation cases - Regional Media News
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to unfreeze a Biden-era policy that allowed immigration judges to use their discretion to temporarily close deportation cases for immigrants. In an unsigned order, the court rejected a request from three cities with large migrant populations - Baltimore as well as Columbus, Ohio, and New Haven, Connecticut - to pause an agreement between Texas and the Trump administration that threw out the policy. There wer…
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The Constitution StudySupreme Court Declines to Restore Biden-era Immigration Regulation
The Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 9, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)
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