Restraints

• Courts have repeatedly restrained the Trump administration's 2026 policy efforts, ruling that officials attempted to achieve goals beyond the limits of existing statutory delegations. • A key ruling established that the government cannot use procurement or national-security designations as pretextual economic punishment for contractors who disagree with administration policies. • On August 27, the case of United Farm Workers v. Department of Labor addressed a 2025 H-2A rule that shifted wage methodology toward a lower percentile formula and allowed housing-cost deductions.

Inspection reveals use of force after protest by detainees being deported under ‘one in, one out’ schemeAsylum seekers who protested against being forcibly removed to France under the Home Office’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme, were transported out of the UK in waist and leg restraints, an inspection report has revealed.The report by HM chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, inspected a flight to France that took place on 20-21 January this year and on which it found no force was used. Continue reading...