The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Trump administration’s policy of refusing bond hearings to most unauthorized immigrants who are detained in the interior of the United States.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement quickly opened a new detention center in a former California state prison last year. Detainees now are suing over their access to healthcare.

Trump administration threatened to withhold millions in transportation funds if states didn’t comply with new commercial driver’s license rule.

The state is arguing that the Trump administration can’t force Oregon to use its resources in support of its federal law enforcement efforts.

Private prison company CoreCivic will continue operating two large ICE detention centers in California after selling the properties to the Department of Homeland Security.

California lawmakers are holding up money the Newsom administration requested for a nationwide driver license database over concerns that the information could lead to deportations.

The governor’s move comes one week after the Trump administration sued Oregon and other states for not providing confidential licenses to federal agents.

The Trump administration immigration crackdown swelled the population inside California’s immigrant detention centers. State investigators in a report described strained medical resources inside the sites.

Advocates say 1 million unauthorized immigrants with California driver’s licenses are at risk under a state plan to share license information to a national database.

The court’s ruling eliminates restrictions imposed by two federal judges in Oregon that strictly limited when federal officers could use tear gas on crowds outside the facility.

California now has eight ICE detention centers. Two opened since President Trump took office in 2025, with both operating in former state prisons.

An analysis by KFF Health News found the health care program for low-income Californians lost almost 100,000 immigrants without legal status in the second half of 2025.