US court lifts Trump immigration bans

Federal law enforcement members push protesters back to clear an entrance to Delaney Hall during ongoing protests against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside the Delaney Hall detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, US, June 5, 2026.

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Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr of the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island has ruled that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immediately restart immigration adjudications halted under a set of agency-wide processing holds. 

The ruling strikes down a range of harsh mass deportation policies advanced by the Trump Administration.