The top U.S. immigration judge has told her colleagues that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention without an opportunity to be released on bond.

It's the latest development in a case that raises separation-of-power questions and tests the ability of courts to limit federal actions under Trump.

U.S. District Judge said there wasn’t enough time to make an informed ruling on state officials’ request for an injunction.

The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.

An immigration judge denied bond for Salisbury mother Vanessa Parrazal, detained by ICE after dropping off her child at school.

Trump’s threat is a broader version of one his administration has made many times already, attempting to cut funding to local governments it declared as “sanctuary jurisdictions,” but those efforts have been stopped repeatedly by judges.

Hannah Dugan was found guilty of obstructing federal agents as they attempted to apprehend an undocumented immigrant outside her courtroom in April.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis will continue to play a key role as local officials battle the Trump administration at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2026. Federal officials have warned that "Operation Midway Blitz” is not over,