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Manuel and Nacho Olivera of Ceibo, Washington D.C.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, we are going to focus on Hispanic immigrants who make the Washington DC area a better and more interesting place. So, please meet Manuel and Nacho

New Public Charge Rule - USCIS

Last week, the Trump Administration’s new public charge guidance went into effect. What is a “public charge,” you might wonder? It’s a concept that dates back to the late 1800s

First Circuit Strikes Down Trump’s Third Country Deportation Policy

Updated September 29, 2026: Today, the Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration’s request for a stay of the order halting third country deportations, meaning the Administration can now resume the

El Salvador Flag

Why El Salvador Has Had TPS for More Than 25 Years More than a quarter century ago, a series of major earthquakes hit El Salvador, killing more than 1,000 people

The seal of The United States Court of Appeal for the 4th Circuit

The Trump Administration and its Republican allies like to paint all immigrants as criminals, regardless of the facts. So, is it any surprise that U.S. immigration law has long treated

Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Visa Freeze

On Friday, a federal judge struck down the Trump Administration’s freeze on issuing immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, siding with a group of visa applicants and immigrant rights

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) reversed a decade of precedent when it ruled that non-citizens who leave the U.S. while their immigration cases

The MS St. Louis

In 1939, the MS St. Louis, a German ship filled with Jewish people seeking refuge in the United States, was turned away from the port of Miami. The ship returned

ICE custody deaths

UPDATED August 13, 2026: Just days after we published this post, The New York Times reported that an immigrant named Jose Chajon-Raxon died shortly after being detained at New Jersey’s

graduation caps

Last week, the Trump Administration issued a new federal regulation limiting the amount of time that student visa-holders can stay in the U.S. The rule goes into effect on September

The Killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero

[Photo credit: Ryan Murphy / Getty Images]   Last month, in Biddeford, Maine, a federal immigration officer fatally shot 26-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. The young father, originally from Colombia,

ICE officers at the airport

[Photo credit: Megan Varner / Getty Images]   Earlier this year, we shared with our readers that ICE officers were patrolling airports and that TSA agents were assisting them in

[Photo Credit: Luis Aguilar from Agence France-Presse/Getty Images]   Since the start of Donald Trump’s second term, at least 53 people have died in the custody of Immigration and Customs

Fatally shot by ICE

ICE Fatal Shootings Continue After the Minneapolis Crackdown In the winter of 2026, it was hard to escape news about the vicious and sometimes deadly tactics of U.S. immigration officers.

The DMV is home to more than 32,000 TPS holers from El Salvador

What the Supreme Court’s TPS Decision Means Last month, in Mullin v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration had the power to end temporary protected status (TPS)

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