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Source: Immigration Impact A federal judge decided that the case, Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, may proceed as a class action. This means that the original plaintiffs (14 individuals and an organization that assists asylum seekers) can…
Source: NPR A federal judge in New York issued two rulings last Wednesday that put a temporary freeze on the Trump administration’s public charge rule. The rule broadened the definition of who counts as a “public charge,”…
Source: Immigration Impact The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a memo on Tuesday that partially dismantles the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. If the DACA program is completely rescinded, approximately 640,000 active DACA recipients…
Source: Politico Attorney General William Barr has quietly reopened an asylum case that was closed almost 15 years ago. The case involves a former military officer from Bangladesh, Rashed Chowdhury. After Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan…
Source: International Refugee Assistance Project Immigrant advocacy organizations, including CASA, the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), Centro Legal de la Raza, Oasis Legal Services, and Pangea Legal Services, filed a lawsuit to stop the government from implementing…
Source: The Hill Today, Trump issued an executive order that blocks undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 census. This is an attempt to exclude immigrants from being counted when apportioning congressional representation. Last summer, Trump…
Source: NPR A federal court in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to accept new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applications. After the Supreme Court ruled last month that the Trump administration’s rescission of DACA was…
Source: North Jersey The Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, NJ may be closing in the near future. Most immigrant detention centers are owned by private companies that lease out their spaces to the U.S. Immigration and Customs…