Trump administration and Texas defend consent agreement on immigration proceedings

The Trump administration and the state of Texas urged the Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon to keep their consent agreement in place. SCOTUSblog reported that the agreement abolishes a Biden-era regulation that permitted immigration judges to suspend certain deportation proceedings. [1]

United States Solicitor General D. John Sauer informed the justices that a request from challengers to pause a federal district court ruling was improper. According to SCOTUSblog, the challengers include three cities, led by Baltimore, alongside an immigrant legal services organization. [1]

Sauer stated that the challengers were attempting to leverage a dispute regarding their efforts to join the lawsuit into a wider attack on the court approval of the agreement. SCOTUSblog reported that Texas also presented arguments to the court asking to preserve the consent deal. [1]

Donald Trump took office for his second term as president in January 2025. The request to the court comes as part of broader legal disputes surrounding federal immigration enforcement policy and state involvement in deportation proceedings. [1][7]