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May 15, 2025 ICE and local businesses in Nashville carried out or prompted feared raids that drove immigrant workers from restaurants Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The enforcement climate disrupted work and community life, showing how immigration policing can chill daily participation in public life.
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- ICE raids in Nashville lead to restaurant worker exodus — Reports emerged that Kid Rock's restaurant sent home undocumented immigrant kitchen staff amid rumors of impending ICE raids.
- ICE raids rumored at Kid Rock's restaurant
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Week 17 – 2025-05-10–2025-05-16
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May 15, 2025 The Supreme Court kept in place a block on deportations under the Alien Enemies Act and required meaningful notice Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
The ruling reinforced due process by limiting summary removals under a wartime statute the administration sought to use broadly.
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- Supreme Court rules against Trump on deportations — The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Trump must halt deportations of alleged gang members without due process.
- Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration's Deportation Bid Under 1798 Law — The U.S.
- Preliminary injunction ruling — W.M.M. v. Trump (a.k.a. A.A.R.P. v. Trump) (N.D. Tex.) 1:25-cv-00059 — On May 16, 2025, the Supreme Court granted an injunction in the case of A.A.R.P.
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Week 17 – 2025-05-10–2025-05-16
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May 14, 2025 Federal judges ordered the release of Badar Khan Suri and other detained student activists or considered related release requests Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The cases tested whether immigration detention could be used against noncitizens for political speech and association.
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- Federal judge in New Jersey to rule on Mahmoud Khalil's release — A federal judge in New Jersey is expected to rule soon on the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian permanent resident and Columbia University student, who remains in detention.
- Federal judge orders release of Badar Khan Suri from custody — On May 14, 2025, a federal judge in Virginia ordered the release of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow, from immigration custody.
- Federal judge orders release of Indian academic from ICE detention — On May 14, 2025, a federal judge in Virginia ordered the immediate release of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian academic detained by ICE.
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Week 17 – 2025-05-10–2025-05-16
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