Federal judges, including those appointed by Donald Trump himself, have now ruled against his administration's mandatory ICE detention policy more than 10,000 times, with several condemning it in language rarely seen in American courtrooms.
A Politico analysis published on 13 May 2026 tracked tens of thousands of detention cases that have flooded the federal court system since ICE adopted the policy in July 2025, finding that roughly 90% of all rulings went against the administration.
