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
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
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
[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,
[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
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.
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)
Supreme Court Preserves Birthright Citizenship On the last day of its 2025-26 term, the Supreme Court today struck down President Trump’s Executive Order attempting to end birthright citizenship. In a
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
Federal Court Invalidates the 39-Country Immigration Freeze Yesterday, in a case brought by a coalition of unions and immigrant rights groups, a U.S. district court judge in Rhode Island vacated
USCIS faces backlash over Adjustment of Status (AOS) Memo USCIS Retreats on Adjustment of Status Memo, Calls Memo “housekeeping and not a change of strategy.” Last week, we told you
Yesterday, on a Friday before a long holiday weekend, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a memo characterizing adjustment of status as “a matter of discretion and administrative