Detainees, Washington Challenge U.S.’s Amicus Arguments In Wage Class Case

( September 30, 2026, 10:08 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Immigration detainees and the state of Washington filed supplemental briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 29 opposing arguments made by the United States in an amicus curiae brief supporting a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the operator of immigration detention centers, which is asking the high court to decide whether the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause permits a state to find that detainees participating in a voluntary work program are employees who are owed state-mandated minimum wages....