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Oct 27, 2026

Supreme Court declines to restore Biden-era immigration deportation pause policy

The Supreme Court declined to reinstate a Biden administration regulation that allowed immigration judges to temporarily pause certain deportation proceedings, keeping in place an agreement between the Trump administration and Texas.

Oct 27, 20264 sources

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▪Texas and conservative politicians argued that administrative closure granted indefinite amnesty to immigrants residing in the United States without legal status
▪U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor rejected a bid by Baltimore, New Haven, Columbus, and Centro Legal de la Raza to intervene in Texas's lawsuit against the federal government to defend administrative closure
▪Attorneys from Democracy Forward and Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann stated the Supreme Court's Tuesday order ending administrative closure puts vulnerable people at greater risk of deportation

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Biden Administration1 Enforcement, deportations & ICE/CBP1 Immigration1 Judiciary1 Supreme Court1 Texas1 Trump administration1 Trump administration legal battles1 Trump immigration policy1 U.S. Supreme Court1

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