In 2018, Judge Shelly Joseph was accused of colluding with the illegal immigrant's attorney and a court officer to allow him to escape out a back door of the courthouse following a hearing on charges including drug possession.
An Afghan national who was the first-ever case before the federal Alien Terrorist Removal Court has been deported, the Justice Department announced Friday. The big picture: The DOJ win before the previously dormant court could give the administration a path to remove people it links to terrorism while keeping much of its evidence secret, Axios previously reported. Driving the news: Chief Judge Joan Ericksen directed the removal of Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident whom the government accused of assisting her son and son-in-law's foiled 2024 shooting plot, in a recently unsealed August 20 order. - The DOJ said "the government used classified information to establish that Zada is an alien terrorist" and that Zada accepted…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported over 2,000 terrorists and suspected terrorists since President Donald J. Trump returned to office, according to new data.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested over 2,100 terrorists and suspected terrorists under the second Trump administration, with a similar number deported over the course of the year. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: According to data released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), between January 20, 2025, and September 9, 2026, ICE arrested more than 2,150 foreign nationals suspected of terrorism. The data also revealed that 2,015 were deported during that period. This follows data showing that the agency made a record 50,925 arrests last month. This constituted the highest monthly total in ICE’s history, and followed two consecutive months of ICE making a record-breaking number of arrests. “The…Open
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has formally reprimanded Judge Shelley Joseph over her involvement in a case where an illegal immigrant evaded ICE custody, citing her actions as creating an appearance of impropriety.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a public reprimand to Judge Shelley Joseph for her role in allowing illegal immigrant Jose Medina-Perez to evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody by exiting through a back door of the courthouse in 2018. The court cited her decision to instruct a clerk to turn off the courtroom’s audio recording system as creating an appearance of impropriety and violating judicial duties. DETAIL: Medina-Perez, a Dominican national, was in court for a fugitive-from-justice charge and two drug-related charges. Judge Joseph released him on personal recognizance after determining insufficient evidence tied him to the Pennsylvania warrant. During a sidebar…Open
The agency says ICE arrested over 2,150 known or suspected terrorists and deported 2,015 from roughly January 2025 to August 2026.
Some restaurants, hospitals and construction firms pushed forward with layoffs as the end of temporary protected status for 232,000 Salvadorans loomed.
Judge Nicole Berner, a Biden appointee, compared the government's position to previous episodes of mass detention in American history. Source