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Recent Court Order on Hold Policies

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A federal court in Northern California issued an order on August 24, 2026, blocking two USCIS policy memoranda (PM 602-0192 and PM 602-0194) in the case Red Eagle Law v. Joseph B. Edlow. The ruling temporarily prevents those policies from being enforced. The specific details of the blocked policies were not disclosed in the available information, but the court found grounds to enjoin them.
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On Aug. 24, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order in Red Eagle Law, L.C., et al., v. Joseph B. Edlow, 26-cv-04850-CRB (NDCA), enjoining PM 602-0192, and PM 602-0194.

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