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,

At least two people have been wrongly charged under a Florida law that outlaws people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state since a federal judge halted its enforcement

The union said they were working in courts in 10 different states across the country, including Massachusetts.

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.

Anyone who enters the country illegally would be ineligible for a bond hearing before an immigration judge, according to the directive.

A wife, husband, grandmother and the couple’s four U.S. citizen children have been detained for weeks in Washington state.