By Nick Miroff, MSN The Department of Homeland Security named its first ombudsman for immigration detention Tuesday, setting up a new designated office to field complaints and allegations of mistreatm...
City Bar Report Highlights Threats to Independence of Immigration Court System — Calls for Creation of Independent Article I Court
By NYCBar The New York City Bar Association has released a report on recent immigration policy changes “to highlight its concerns about their impact on the independence of the immigration court sy...
Severed families, raided workplaces and a climate of fear: Assessing Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos, immigrants & supporters gathered 3,000 strong at Columbus Circle to protest & march against President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed immigration policies. – New York City &...
Migrant parents could face fateful choice: Be separated from their children or stay together in jail
Demonstrators protest ICE and the Trump Administration policy of separating migrant families at the U.S – Mexico border. – Philadelphia, PA / USA – June 14, 2018 (Shutterstock) By Ni...
Second court rules against excluding undocumented immigrants from census count
United States Census Postcard, Letter and Online Screen to complete the 2020 Census. – Detroit, Michigan USA, April 7, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington (CNN) – A seco...
USCIS Mistakenly Rejects Immigration Applications Due To Filing Fees
By CNW Legal Analyst, Attorney Caroly Pedersen, Caribbean National Weekly As a result of the confusion regarding the USCIS Filing Fees increase, some residency applications filed recently were rejecte...
ICE moves to quickly deport more immigrants without court hearings
Supporters of Guadalupe García de Rayos and her family wait for updates during a rally attempting to prevent her deportation. 4569 – Phoenix, Ariz. / U.S. – February 8, 2018 (Shutterstock...
Homeland Security will pull 1,100 OPT permits from international students
By Bianca Quilantan, Politico More than 1,100 Optional Practical Training program work permits will either be revoked or not renewed over the next few months following a crackdown on the program, the ...
Report: 300,000 More Voters Could Be Enfranchised By Naturalization Before Election Day
Thirteen immigrants from 12 different countries become new U.S. citizens in a special naturalization ceremony on Flag Day at the historic Betsy Ross House. – Philadelphia, PA / USA – June ...
The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Publish Final Rule to Restrict Certain Criminal Aliens’ Eligibility for Asylum
Migrants from Central America cross the US-Mexico border to seek asylum in the United States. – El Paso, Texas USA / Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico – May 30, 2019 (Shutterstock) By justi...