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In his decision, Tigar sided with advocacy groups who had urged him to reject the restrictions because they said they endangered migrants and violated federal immigration law, which states that anyone on U.S. soil may request asylum, no matter how they arrived.
A federal judge ruled against the Biden administration’s new restrictions on seeking asylum, a case that could upend the calm that has taken hold in U.S. border cities.
More than 835,000 have benefited from DACA. But the program has been inaccessible to hundreds of thousands of undocumented youth
U.S. officials are preparing to distribute 1,250 appointments each day to migrants in Mexico so they can present themselves at ports of entry for an opportunity to be allowed to seek asylum.
A bipartisan House duo has introduced a new immigration measure that would offer a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants in the U.S. while investing in border security. The bill comes on…
As of Tuesday, the wait time for a visitor visa at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi was 833 days, according to the State Department's website.
Registry provision, updated four times, hasn’t been changed since 1986
The Biden administration had instructed ICE agents to focus on immigrants who were considered a threat. But a judge’s order means millions more could now be targeted for deportation.
Documents offer a rare look into one of several known instances in which ICE detainees were discharged as they were on the edge of death, underscoring long-standing complaints.
Eleven California residents were accused of organizing fake marriages between foreign nationals and U.S. citizens in a green card scheme.
House members Ayanna Pressley and Mondaire Jones also urged the Biden administration to “extend that same level of compassion” to Haitians in the U.S.
The Biden administration has unveiled a new streamlined process for asylum cases at the U.S-Mexico border.
The lawmakers are seeking a meeting with CBP about the robots and possible interaction with migrants.
Lawmakers and advocates are considering asking President Joe Biden to deliver immigration relief through temporary protected status.
Immigration advocates are divided over the rising use of ATD tracking programs.
The number comes at the end of a year with record-high numbers of children in custody.
Many immigrant children who received Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) are still stuck in legal limbo and could be deported.
The social spending bill approved by the House Friday in a 220-213 vote includes the most extensive immigration reform package reviewed by Congress in 35 years, albeit in a much reduced version from what proponents originally sought.
Immigration officials shouldn't arrest people, new guidelines say, at any health care center or disaster relief area
A human rights network of 60 organizations working along the U.S.-Mexico border released a letter to Congress on Wednesday urging them to investigate “shadow police units” that have helped cover up beatings and killings by Border Patrol agents for more than three decades. The shadow units, ident...
The Justice Department is ending the use of case quotas for immigration judges that became a point of contention during the Trump administration for undercutting judges' authority and discretion, according to an email obtained by CNN.
Adivided federal appeals court panel ruled that a California state law aimed at phasing out private detention facilities in the state cannot be enforced because it is likely to unconstitutionally intrude on the federal government’s power over immigration. The 2-1 decision from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court ruling that upheld the 2019 California legislation, known as AB 32
The appeals panel ruled 2-1 that the state statute seeking to phase out private detention intrudes on federal authority.
Immigrants, advocates and community members marched in D.C. to demand that Congress include a pathway to citizenship in the budget reconciliation package.
The move comes as the United States is accepting hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan after the end of U.S. military operations in the country.
The Biden administration predicts it will fail to issue many of the green cards allotted for immigrants sponsored by an employer or family member.
A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that the United States is required by law to inspect and process asylum seekers when they present themselves at ports of entry, and condemne...
Six conservative justices blessed a rogue decision reviving Trump’s odious attack on refugees.
A federal judge in Nevada ruled for the first time last week that a longstanding law that makes it a felony to reenter the United States after deportation is unconstitutional because it’s explicitly racist in its origins.
What this means: The federal government is blocked from granting any new first-time DACA applications. IMPORTANT: People with DACA will not lose their protections, and for now pending renewal applications will be adjudicated, and current DACA recipients can continue to submit renewal applications.
US District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled in favor of Texas and eight other conservative states that sued to halt the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Great welcome news!
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday struck down two immigration opinions penned by his predecessors under the Trump administration, reversing limits on who is eligible for asylum.
The Biden administration on Tuesday formally nixed the "Remain in Mexico" program, the latest in a series of moves to dismantle the Trump administration's restrictive immigration policies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden formally raised the nation's cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling set by former President Donald Trump...
A bicameral group of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday requesting he prioritize legislation that would offer a pathway to citizenship to undocumented essential workers in the second part of his two-part infrastructure package set to address education and childcare.
Biden administration wrestling with massive backlog of nearly 2.6 million immigrant visa applications, caused by restrictions from Trump policies and covid-19 pandemic.
And the uphill battle in the Senate begins!
House lawmakers passed two bills that would create a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. Their fate in the Senate is unclear.
Leaders in Texas border towns say their economies are suffering because of pandemic restrictions on cross-border travel.
"Lawmakers on Wednesday formally introduced legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for young people brought to the U.S. as children ahead of House Democrats’ plan to hold an “immigration week” later this month." http://ow.ly/zUDf50DQgoK
Lawmakers on Wednesday formally introduced legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for young people brought to the U.S.
The proposal, unveiled by Democrats on Capitol Hill, offers an eight-year path to citizenship for most of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, eliminates restrictions on family-based immigration and expands worker visas. Senator Ted Cruz’s decision to fly to Cancun as Texas...
Immigrant advocates say privately run detention facilities are 'hotbeds of abuse.'
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported at least 72 people to Haiti, including a 2-month-old baby and 21 other children. The deportations appear to be a contradiction of the Biden administration’s order to deport only people with serious charges against them. Haiti faces an increase ...
Flight was due to leave from Louisiana at 3pm on Wednesday but halted after Ice agents accused of forcing asylum seekers to consent to expulsion
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