USCIS Announces Rule Change to Asylum System to Reduce Backlog With this rule, USCIS can refer asylum applications to Immigration Judges without interviewing the alien WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a rule change
CBS News reports that, in light of the Supreme Court decision in June allowing the Trump administration to lift Temporary Protected Status of Haitians, the U.S. government plans to target Haitian communities in immigration enforcement. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made plans to ramp up operations
Trump Border czar Tom Homan said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the ICE agent who shot a migrant in Maine should not have been hired if his alleged history of violent outbursts is true. —POLITICO
Earlier this month, Kevin noted that the Second Trump Administration's investigative report concerning the Smithsonian included a defense of the Chinese Exclusion Act as, shockingly, not racially motivated. Here's the key language–from page 111 with footnotes omitted: In addition to attacking America’s white Christian
According to this DHS announcement, the agency has issued more than $84 billion in fines to undocumented migrants. It's all part of the agency's pressure campaign for undocumented individuals to self-deport.
Recent deaths in immigration enforcement have grabbed national headlines. NPR reports that Ruben Ray Martinez was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent two months into President Trump's second term. His mother, Rachel Reyes, says she's still waiting for justice. Reyes says she
Ending Birthright Citizenship: The Misreading of "Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof," 11 U. Penn Journal of Law & Public Policy, 200 (2026) Abstract AbstractRecent times reveal the evolution of what this Article labels as "new birtherism. " Led by President Trump, the new birthers include scholars, politicians,
News from the immigration front. After a three-month-long delay, the Department of Homeland Security recently released detention numbers that show immigration enforcement grew again in the interior of the country. The figures show ICE arrests at a record level, with the number of people in detention increasing again, notably reversing
On October 12, 2025, during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Chicago known as Operation Midway Blitz, residents witnessed federal immigration agents chase and detain a young Latino man outside their homes. As neighbors questioned the agents and documented the encounter, what began as a routine enforcement action
A film in the making needs support. On the 30th anniversary of a highly consequential law, Harsh Legacy reveals how the 1996 immigration law laid the groundwork for the enforcement system dominating headlines today — families torn apart, asylum seekers treated like criminals, and legal residents facing exile for decades-old offenses.
Cornell's Migration and Human Rights Program has released a new white paper, Mobility Matters: Why Worker Portability Should Drive Reform of Employment-Based Visas. The paper argues that improving workers’ ability to change employers should be a central consideration in efforts to reform temporary employment-based immigration. Developed by the
We can all appreciate the dark humor of this short video posted by @philcomedy on TikTok: 0:00 /1:59 1× While the video makes fun of kidnappers who don't want to be confused with ICE, I wonder to what extent criminals have benefited from civilians mistaking them