The twist underscores just how little accountability exists in civil forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to seize assets without charging the owner with a crime.
After a pay dispute led to a work stoppage in late May, courts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, dismissed cases of indigent defendants who had no legal representation for 45 days.
The latest detention facility will house up to 5,000 detainees and function as a central hub for deportation operations.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan blamed the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer on the policies of sanctuary cities like New York.
After being ilegally deported and imprisoned in El Salvador, they will now be sent back to the oppressive regime they fled in the first place, in exchange for ten Americans detained by the Venezuelan government.
Immigrant detainees transferred thousands of miles from where they were first arrested face unique challenges in immigration court.
One immigration judge referred to an ICE attorney as merely “Department” during a hearing.
Between 2006 and 2013, gun violence increased by 150 percent in the city when juvenile curfews were in effect.
Numerous accounts of lack of showers, overflowing toilets, and inability to meet with lawyers are emerging from the detention center in the middle of the Everglades.
Immigrants who arrive illegally in the U.S. may be detained for months or years as they await a resolution to their immigration cases.
Billions upon billions of dollars are allocated for border screening technology, immigration detention facilities, more ICE agents, and building a border wall.
Several of the items on the Declaration's list of grievances against King George III also apply to Donald Trump today.
Legal experts are concerned that immigration judges with only six weeks of training will not uphold constitutional protections for migrants.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is considering whether the president properly invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members.
Alexandra Weaver argued that she could not reasonably have been expected to know her actions were unconstitutional.
More government agencies are using facial recognition for enforcement than ever before.
Dismissing asylum applications for migrants who entered the U.S. unlawfully would boost immigration-related arrests, but have little impact on public safety.
Marco Rubio’s nebulous invocation of foreign policy interests is bound to have a chilling impact on freedom of speech, which is the whole point.
The ruling includes no analysis. Justice Sotomayor's dissent has a compelling explanation of why it is wrong.
This one claims that the Trump Administration's deregulatory efforts violate the Fifth Amendment.
U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz highlights the chilling impact of Marco Rubio's dubious rationale for deporting students whose views offend him.
Soliman is the man "charged with a horrific June 1, 2025 antisemitic fire-bombing attack 'against a peaceful gathering of individuals commemorating Israeli hostages.'"
Cary López Alvarado, a U.S. citizen who is nine months pregnant, was detained after blocking immigration agents from entering what she believed to be private property.
Agents were chasing and apprehending workers in the early hours of the morning.
The Department of Justice brought the deported Salvadoran back to U.S. soil for trial, reversing its long-held contention that he would "never" return.
Those accused of wrongdoing have the right to challenge the evidence against them before the government takes away their liberty.
The Trump Administration returned the illegally deported migrant from imprisonment in El Salvador after repeatedly claiming they could not do so.
The case against Michelino Sunseri exemplifies the injustice caused by the proliferation of regulatory crimes—the target of a recent presidential order.
Without such intervention, he warns, the government "could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action."
Like it or not, Gonzales v. Raich remains good law, and federal prohibition is constitutional under current doctrine.
Although the school failed to properly assess whether the threat was valid, school officials determined that his expulsion didn’t violate due process.
Reason confirmed reports of dysfunction and violence at one of those detention centers earlier this week.
President Trump is entitled to try to execute his immigration policy. He is not entitled, however, to violate the Constitution.
The president's crusade against attorneys whose work offends him, which defies the First Amendment and undermines the right to counsel, has provoked several judicial rebukes.
A federal judge blocks the administration's "Student Criminal Alien Initiative," which targeted foreign students who had no criminal records.
On Monday, the court granted an emergency injunction allowing Rep. Laurel Libby to resume voting and speaking after she was censured for a post criticizing trans women in women's sports.
"It's not just one or two administrative errors," says the Cato Institute's David Bier.
A new Cato Institute study by David Bier presents the most extensive available evidence on these points.
A majority of the justices seem unconvinced the Administration was prepared to provide the process that was due. Justices Alito and Thomas dissent.
Trump rightly decries the "absurd and unjust" consequences of proliferating regulatory crimes.
Stephen Miller's understanding of the Constitution is dubious for several reasons.
Ozturk's continued detention "potentially chills the speech of the millions and millions of people in this country who are not citizens," said U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III.
A declassified assessment contradicts the president's assertion that Tren de Aragua is "closely aligned with" the Venezuelan government and acts at its "direction."
Earlier this year, state Rep. Laurel Libby made a post criticizing trans women in women's sports. Her refusal to apologize has cost Libby her right to speak on the House floor and vote on legislation.
A medical dispute over jaundice treatment prompted the state to take custody of Rodney and Temecia Jackson’s daughter for more than three weeks.
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