( February 24, 2026, 10:42 AM EST) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals terminated an appeal filed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and several officials challenging a preliminary injunction issued by a trial court in a case by a class of noncitizens who are suing over a policy or practice by the federal government of removing members of the class to a country other than the initial or alternative countries identified in immigration proceedings without first providing an opportunity for them to apply for protection from removal....