Minneapolis group challenges DOJ over growing immigration court access restrictions

By: Anshu Patel and Nicolas Scibelli

Outlets: Sahan Journal

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 937

Last Updated: 4 days, 22 hours ago

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Minneapolis-based immigrants rights organization The Advocates for Human Rights sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday over growing restrictions on public access to immigration court proceedings. The Advocates have tracked immigration removal and bond hearings at Fort Snelling Immigration Court since 2017.

In the past year, court observers have been met with locked doors to publicly scheduled hearings and blanket closures of entire case dockets, where every scheduled court hearing is made inaccessible …

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