Guest blogger: Sam Frost, law student, University of San Francisco In September, the Trump administration announced that H1-B nonimmigrant visas would be subject to a $100,000 filing fee. While US Citizenship and Immigration Services have clarified some points on when the fee applies, some major questions remain unanswered. As
Guest Blogger: Sam Frost, law student, University of San Francisco In the 105 years since the term ‘robot’ first appeared in a Czech play, laboring automatons have featured prominently in visions of tomorrow. From the mid-century atomic utopianism of the Jetsons to the malevolent, corporate androids of the Alien franchise,
The Associated Press reports on the growing number of arrests among noncitizens with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals relief. "At least 20 cases have been documented, including the recent arrest of a Dallas area resident who was a vocal participant in political meetings and public demonstrations." Read more
IMMIGRATION LAW JUSTICE FELLOW (LAW STUDENT), SUMMER 2026 Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) is offering a paid Immigration Law Justice Fellowship during the Summer of 2026. Candidates must identify as an immigrant or have a lived immigrant experience. ILAP defines “lived immigrant experience” as knowledge gained through direct, first-hand experience
CNN reports that the Trump administration is moving to reinterview "refugees who were admitted to the United States under former President Joe Biden as part of a comprehensive review of their cases, according to an internal memo and a source familiar with the plans." This would be unprecedented.
The Center for Migration Studies has released A Portrait of Immigrant New Yorkers, a report on the city's immigrant population. New York has long been known as a city of immigrants, and today more than one in three New Yorkers (3.1 million people) are foreign-born. Almost a
The Los Angeles Times reports on a congressional oversight hearing yesterday in Los Angeles. More than a dozen elected officials, experts and community members offered perspectives on the Trump administration’s immigration operations in the city. "It was an exclusively Democrat event and no one spoke up in support
The National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) reports that the U.S. Treasury Department is set to promulgate rules barring undocumented taxpayers from participating in the "Saver's Match" program (and other federal tax credit programs). Don't know what the Saver's Match program
Apparently even my university paper doesn't offer a reprieve from horrifying immigration news. OU Daily reports--admittedly on the basis of an X post by an OU prof--that Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor, was arrested by ICE at the OKC airport on Saturday. Abedini was on his way
This Sarah Stillman story in the New Yorker would have been a blockbuster pre-Donald Trump. The fact that it is not causing outrage says a lot about how far we have descended as a nation. Stillman writes "For months, I had been trying to document the Trump Administration’s
In three cases involving lower court injunctions of President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court in June 2025 in Trump v. CASA, Inc. restricted the power of the federal courts to issue nationwide injunctions. The merits of the controversy may be heard by the Court
An interesting news tidbit. The Trump administration appears to be sensitive to increases in the cost of food due to labor shortages on farms caused by immigration enforcement. The administration last month made changes to the H-2A visa program, which allows employers to hire foreign workers for temporary agricultural jobs.