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Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden-era rule that let immigration judges pause deportation cases

Published 5:00 PM CT, Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · Updated 5:11 PM CT
In the 5 PM CT update

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the application by Baltimore and others in City of Baltimore v. Texas (No. 26A500), leaving in place a Texas-Justice Department agreement that threw out the 2024 "administrative closure" rule, the Court's docket shows. SCOTUSblog reported the unsigned order had no noted dissents; Baltimore, New Haven, Columbus and Centro Legal de la Raza had called the agreement "egregious collusion," while Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the justices to leave it alone. Next: responses on the administration's request to resume border-wall work in the Big Bend region are due Thursday, and the November sitting opens Monday, Nov. 2.

• Supreme Court
• Emergency docket
• City of Baltimore v. Texas
• Immigration
• Deportation
• Administrative closure
• Texas
• Justice Department
• D. John Sauer
• Border wall
• United States