The U.S. Justice Department explored bringing criminal charges against Minnesota judges and defense lawyers who discussed requesting virtual court hearings to protect defendants from being arrested by federal immigration officers,

Abrego Garcia became a flashpoint over the Republican Trump’s immigration policies when he was wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador in March. That expulsion violated a U.S. immigration judge’s 2019 order that shields Abrego Garcia from deportation to El Salvador because he likely faces threats of gang violence there.

A federal district court judge in Missoula ruled Tuesday that they do not have the jurisdiction to act on the detention of Christopher Martinez Marvan.

A federal judge in Tennessee is set to hear from federal prosecutors on Wednesday on their request that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be detained pending trial.

Attorneys for Christopher Martinez Marvan said that they will appeal the judge’s ruling that he lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.

The union said that it can take as long as a year to recruit, hire and train new immigration court judges. The "Big, Beautiful Bill," recently signed by President Donald Trump, will provide the Executive Office of Immigration Review with $3.3 billion.

The union said they were working in courts in 10 different states across the country, including Massachusetts.

At least two people have been wrongly charged under a Florida law that outlaws people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state since a federal judge halted its enforcement