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After the Trump administration streamlined regulations for issuing monetary penalties, the total number of fines issued by ICE increased by over 550% from a baseline of 10,000.
The U.S. Fifth and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals have upheld mandatory migrant detention policies.
The U.S. Second, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals have ruled against mandatory migrant detention policies.
Under the Trump administration, ICE issued a new policy allowing its agents to arrest non-citizens as they were appearing for scheduled hearings in immigration court.
A federal judge, Judge Castell, issued a temporary order making Manhattan immigration courthouses off-limits for ICE arrests, except in limited circumstances.
Under Judge Castell's temporary order, ICE cannot arrest individuals at New York City immigration courthouses unless they have a serious criminal history, a final removal order, or pose a national security risk.
The Department of Justice initially argued in court that an ICE guidance memo from May 27, 2025, authorized arrests at immigration courts, but later admitted this was incorrect.
Judge Castell issued the injunction against ICE arrests because the Department of Justice's retraction showed the policy had not been properly considered under the Administrative Procedure Act.
The day after Judge Castell's order was issued, ICE agents arrested a 21-year-old Honduran man at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, in violation of the injunction.
According to a Bloomberg Law analysis, the Trump administration issued fines against immigrants totaling more than $36 billion.
John Mark, a judicial nominee for the Southern District of Texas, refused to acknowledge in a confirmation hearing that the 22nd Amendment limits a U.S. president to two elected terms.
All of President Trump's recent judicial nominees have refused to answer directly whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.