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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
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
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
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
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
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
“The judgement is affirmed by an equally divided court.” With one sentence, the Supreme Court refused to engage in the question of the President’s authority to extend deferred action to
Even as the Obama administration takes steps to protect transgender children in schools and provide access to health care for trans people, the President’s illiberal approach to immigration continues to
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has created turmoil in Washington DC and on the Presidential campaign trail. Republicans are uniformly calling on the President to refrain from
We get a lot of questions about what it is like to be an immigration lawyer in Washington DC. After all, immigration is a federal matter and Congress and the