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AILA and BPR Immigration

In response to the latest unnecessary obstacle that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has placed in the way of immigrants attempting to follow a legal pathway to

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

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.

Duchess Alba

by Ava Benach   Why U.S. Citizenship Rejects Hereditary Titles On the application to become a citizen of the United States, among questions about crimes, military service, deportations, and lies

U.S. Supreme Court, Washington D.C.

by Georgia King   Supreme Court Rules on Asylum and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Yesterday morning, the Supreme Court issued decisions in two immigration cases, Mullin v. Al Otro Lado

The federal bench in New England is on a roll. Last week a federal district judge in Rhode Island struck down the Trump visa freeze, and this week a federal

TPS Honduras

On Wednesday, the last day of regularly scheduled arguments for this Supreme Court term, the justices will hear two cases challenging the Trump Administration’s ability to terminate temporary protected status

Wong Kim Ark

What is Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment If you’re born on American soil, you are an American citizen. With very limited exceptions, this has been the rule in place

President Trump has always leaned into the “bully” aspect of the bully pulpit. He has long insulted political opponents, journalists, and even foreign leaders. But one group stands out as

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

What is Habeas Corpus and Why it Matters in Immigration Cases “You have the body.” That is the literal definition of habeas corpus, a Latin term for a legal procedure

DHS Homepage with a notice indicating that it is shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is (supposedly) shut down, because of Congress’s failure to fund the agency for 2026. Yet agents from CPB and ICE, both parts of DHS,

DACA lives! Maybe? Yesterday, U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled that the Department of Justice’s termination of the DACA program rested on a lack of legal reasoning and was unlawful.

The Benach Collopy Asylum Summer Fellowship 2017 I have been so lucky to get to know so many brave, hard-working, family-oriented, and generous people from all over the globe. They

Back in November, we made some predictions about what might occur in a Trump presidency as it relates to immigration. Generally, we were very pessimistic and presumed that almost all

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