Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pushed back against the latest ruling by a federal judge against the Trump administration, vowing that it will be appealed. The ruling orders the administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties.

The DOJ fired 15 immigration judges last week despite a huge backlog of immigration cases. Immigration advocates are worried this will reduce people's access to due process.

Trump admin fighting back after federal judge bars ICE from conducting stops in California without reasonable suspicion.

The appeal accused a lower court of ignoring the Supreme Court's recent ruling in "Trump v. CASA," which struck down universal injunctions.