In July 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) elevated denaturalization to a top enforcement priority, marking a dramatic shift in how the federal government approaches U.S. citizenship. While the Imm...
ICE to Use ImmigrationOS by Palantir, a New AI System, to Track Immigrants’ Movements
By: Steven Hubbard |americanimmigrationcouncil.org |Editorial credit: Mamun_Sheikh / Shutterstock.com U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has partnered with Palantir Technologies—a Denver...
USCIS to Consider Anti-Americanism in Immigrant Benefit Requests
Editorial credit: Evgenia Parajanian / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the factors that officers con...
White House Plans Major Shift in Refugee Priorities
By: Mary Campbell The White House is reportedly preparing to cap the U.S. refugee admissions at 40,000 for fiscal year 2026, with a striking three‑quarters of these slots—approximately 30,000 plac...
U.S. Citizenship Applicants Face Heightened ‘Good Moral Character’ Scrutiny
By: Mary Campbell U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has officially intensified its evaluation of the ‘good moral character’ (GMC) standard for lawful permanent residents ap...
Immigration as an Excuse for Autocracy
By: Maribel Hastings| America’s Voice | Editorial credit: aaronschwartzphoto / Shutterstock.com Washington, DC: The militarization of immigration policy is in full swing, and the Trump administratio...
Service and Separation: An Analysis of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Against Military Spouses
By: Brian Figeroux, Esq. Part I: The Promise and the Peril: Military Service and Immigration Status The relationship between military service and immigration status in the United States is fraught wit...
DACA Recipients Will Lose Health Insurance This Month: What You Need to Know
Editorial credit: Sheila Fitzgerald / Shutterstock.com Updated August 6, 2025 — Across the U.S., including California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Minnesota, DACA recipients are set to lose their Afford...
Attorney General James Defends Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com AG James Co-Leads 14 Attorneys General in Submitting Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of TPS for Honduran, Nepali...
Operation Bargain Brides: Analysis of USCIS-ICE Marriage Fraud Investigation
By Mary Campbell | Media Courtesy of: USCIS In an important crackdown on immigration fraud, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforc...