The U.S. Justice Department explored bringing criminal charges against Minnesota judges and defense lawyers who discussed requesting virtual court hearings to protect defendants from being arrested by federal immigration officers,

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Abrego Garcia became a flashpoint over the Republican Trump’s immigration policies when he was wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador in March. That expulsion violated a U.S. immigration judge’s 2019 order that shields Abrego Garcia from deportation to El Salvador because he likely faces threats of gang violence there.

U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio ordered immediate release of a 24-year-old transgender woman from ICE detention, finding her arrest unlawful.

The union said that it can take as long as a year to recruit, hire and train new immigration court judges. The "Big, Beautiful Bill," recently signed by President Donald Trump, will provide the Executive Office of Immigration Review with $3.3 billion.