Source: Immigration Impact “Even as President Trump downplays the threat of COVID-19, the Trump Administration is using the pandemic as a pretext to bar more people from the United States.” Most recently, the Trump administration proposed a…
Source: New York Times Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sued the Trump Administration over the new international student rule. ICE announced this new rule on Monday, stating that international students will have to…
Source: VICE The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the federal agency that administers the nation’s immigration system. USCIS’s budget is largely made up of the fees immigrants pay to process their immigration applications. But due…
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer Last Wednesday, immigration judges across the U.S. have sued the Trump administration to overturn a rule that bans them from freely voicing their opinion on law and policy. The rule allows for immigration…
Source: Immigration Impact Last week, Federal Judge Dolly Gee from the Central District of California ordered that all children held for more than 20 days at three ICE family detention centers must be released by July 17th…
Source: The Hill The Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump administration can deport some asylum-seekers without providing them with an opportunity to make their case in front of a judge. This decision allows the administration to…
Source: Reuters “Amid the pandemic, the Trump administration has seized on the threat to public health as a pretext to issue a series of policy changes affecting almost every aspect of the immigration system.” https://nyti.ms/2CtbpVW On Monday, 6/22,…
Source: NBC News The Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump Administration cannot end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) – a program that provides Dreamers with temporary relief from deportation. By renewing their status every two…
Source: NBC News On Wednesday, the Trump administration proposed a rule that would make it even harder for immigrants to claim asylum in the U.S. Currently, immigrants seeking asylum have the right to a hearing so long…
Source: Politico In the next few weeks, the Supreme Court will be deciding whether the President has the authority to end the DACA program that protects immigrants who came to the country illegally as children (also known…