US immigration courts

The US Supreme Court has ruled that states may use the federal SAVE database to verify the citizenship status of voters or voter registration applicants. The decision allows states to cross-check voter rolls against federal immigration records, a move supporters frame as election integrity enforcement and critics warn could lead to eligible citizens being wrongly purged from voter lists.

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for states to use the federal SAVE database to verify the citizenship status of registered voters. The decision permits election officials to cross-check voter rolls against immigration records, a move backers say protects election integrity and critics warn could lead to eligible voters being wrongfully purged. The ruling is drawing sharp reactions from voting rights groups and election officials across the country.

A Cuban man has spent a year in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, and his case is being used to test the reach of a Supreme Court ruling on prolonged immigration detention. The case, covered by El Paso Matters, raises questions about how long immigrants can be held while challenging deportation, and how the high court's decision is applied in practice.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Trump administration officials may use a federal immigration database to cross-check voter registration records. The decision allows states and federal officials to verify voter eligibility using immigration status data, a move supporters call a safeguard against noncitizen voting and critics warn could wrongly purge eligible voters. The ruling is expected to intensify ongoing legal and political battles over election integrity and voting access ahead of upcoming elections.

A federal judge has denied a request to block Highway Patrol traffic stops carried out in coordination with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The ruling allows the joint enforcement operations to continue while related legal challenges proceed. Critics of the practice argue it leads to racial profiling and improper immigration stops during routine traffic enforcement, while supporters back cooperation between state and federal agencies.

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has apologized to Justice Brett Kavanaugh after publicly criticizing his opinion in an immigration case. The episode is notable for the court, whose justices traditionally avoid openly disputing each other's reasoning in public, and comes amid heightened political attention to the judiciary's handling of immigration rulings.