Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days. WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days, according to the union that represents them, as the Trump administration pushes forward with its mass deportations of immigrants in the country.

There have been many legal challenges to President Trump's California immigration sweeps, but one in particular could dramatically alter the policy.

Lyons was not chancellor when protests and encampments roiled campus following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, but was pressed repeatedly about a 2024 social media post from history professor Ussama Makdisi that said he “could have been one of those who broke the siege on October 7.”