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ICE detainees waiting for their cases to be heard are asking immigration judges to release them on bond. Most fail.
Our reporting team went to 55 immigration court bond hearings across five states.
Here’s what we saw:
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ICYMI: In its push to clear out people who live on the street and are mentally ill, the Trump administration is targeting legal protections that cover a much bigger population — millions living with disabilities:
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We are again live @nytimes covering the seventh day of deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. nytimes.com/live/2026/09/04/…
We are live @nytimes covering the sixth day of deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. Follow along for updates: nytimes.com/live/2026/09/03/…
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We are live @nytimes covering the sixth day of deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. Follow along for updates: nytimes.com/live/2026/09/03/…
Lacy Reynolds was waiting to catch the next flight when the skydiving plane crashed in Butler, Mo., killing 11 passengers and a pilot.
She wasn’t sure she could keep skydiving. w/ @NickAtNews
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"He planned to take over what his parents built. Now, he can no longer work."
read this @trehoward_ story on the wave of lawsuits against manufacturers from workers who developed silicosis after exposure to dust from engineered stone countertops: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…
I’m joining the @nytimes as a fellow starting in June! I’ll report on the National desk, focusing on disability issues.
Feeling super grateful. Will miss working with the @BLaw team and alongside the journalists who cover Los Angeles courts. Thank you all!
New: Ninth Circuit just paused Judge Sykes' order that voided the precedent immigration judges were using to deny ICE detainees a chance to argue for their release news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
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icymi from @EmilyRSiegel, about the litigation funder backing a key plaintiffs' firm in the first jury trial over social media addiction
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New: Trump administration’s top immigration judge emailed IJs to remind that Fifth Circuit backed mandatory detention for noncitizens, after CA judge further cemented ruling that nationwide class has right to argue for release
w/ @crepeau
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California judge vacates the Board of Immigration Appeals decision immigration judges have relied on to deny detained noncitizens a chance to argue for their release:
"Respondents have far crossed the boundaries of constitutional conduct."
w/ @crepeau
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Judge Sykes, who ruled a nationwide class of detained immigrants has the right to argue for release, asked what it'd take for the Trump administration to follow her order & stop widespread mandatory detention based on "no longer good law."
w/ @crepeau:
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California AG Rob Bonta announces civil rights investigation into Los Angeles County’s emergency response to the Eaton Fire, which damaged nearly 60% of Altadena’s Black households: news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
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A Minnesota federal ICE holding facility must provide detainees with accurate instructions on contacting lawyers and their legal rights within an hour of arriving at the facility, and before they’re transferred out-of-state, a judge ordered. news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
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Immigration detainees at a Minnesota federal building are sleeping on the floor with shackled ankles in freezing cells as trash piles up, two immigration lawyers said in declarations.
Detainees have little ability to contact lawyers. news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
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Immigration courts have largely stopped conducting bond hearings, despite three federal judges’ explicit declarations that noncitizen detainees have the right to argue for their release.
@crepeau and I report:
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“from the beginning you can’t find them. If you find them, you can’t access them b/c there are no phones or visitation rooms. & if you do find them, it takes weeks to contact them, & sometimes they’re just moved & deported.”
from @bawang @crepeau & me:
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California Chief Justice says state court is offering virtual appearances so that litigants who are afraid to appear in person b/c of federal immigration agents at courthouses can attend hearings, @qrwriter reports news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
I talked for months with Eaton Fire survivors about the settlement offer from Edison, the utility blamed for starting the fire.
Grieving, squeezed financially, they're weighing who to trust with their futures:
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