Overview: A Sweeping New Travel Ban On June 4, 2025, the Trump administration announced a new proclamation banning travel from 19 countries in total. Twelve of these countries are subject
Earlier this week, a wave of surprise workplace visits by ICE agents disrupted more than a dozen restaurants and small businesses across Washington, D.C. Armed with Notices of Inspection, federal
Administrative Hold on Application Processing In February, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) leadership issued a memo to its offices announcing that it was placing an administrative hold on processing
Trump’s Second Term Immigration Actions: Unprecedented and Harsh The Trump 2.0 Presidency began with a flurry of bellicose executive orders promising a deportation initiative without precedent. Some of his worst
by César Romero Trump’s Travel Ban and Rising Concerns of Religious Discrimination In the days following President Donald Trump’s first inauguration, his administration swiftly enacted an executive order that imposed
The news, and our phones, have been abuzz with the news that the Trump administration is requiring immigrants to “register” with the Department of Homeland Security. While the requirement of
Introduction: Immigration Fears Under the Trump Administration It is not even two weeks into the second Trump administration and the fear in the immigrant community is overwhelming. At Benach Collopy,
The Initial Encounter: Stay Calm and Take Control It is the moment every immigrant fears – a loud knock at the door at 5:00 am, a lot of commotion and
In their first week back in office, the Trump Administration broadly declared that “President Trump has further restricted access to the provisions of the immigration laws that would enable any
Birthright Citizenship: A Legal Foundation Let’s start off with the long story short – Donald Trump cannot end birthright citizenship by executive order. Children born in the United States are
There has been a lot of discussion about workplace “raids” since the Trump administration took over on Monday, January 20. But a lot of the information is often inaccurate and
As we enter the new Trump Administration, many are rightfully concerned about what to do if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) agents appear in their communities and how to
The Common Question: ‘How Long Will This Take? Easily the most frequent question we get as immigration lawyers is “how long is this going to take?” This makes sense. The
One of the signature immigration policy initiatives of the incoming Trump administration is to end birthright citizenship. This longstanding principle, which ensures that anyone born within U.S. borders is automatically
by Ava Benach Understanding Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan One of Trump’s signature immigration policy ideas is “mass deportation”. The term “mass deportation” has been used a lot but there is