The Trump administration keeps coming, this time with the final public charge rule. Documented’s April Xu gives a deep dive into what you need to know about the rule change, and who might be impacted. Announced last week, the new public charge rules could make it harder for many
The Intercept reports that, in the past year, Google Maps was deleting all the reviews for dozens of ICE detention centers according to a new study. It quotes a Tulane professor: “Google actively suppresses carceral information, narratives, and digital trace data related to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’
Gina Perez for The Conversation explores the contemporary notion of faith-based sanctuary: "I have seen faith-based advocates’ sense of sanctuary expand. The idea now encompasses efforts to assist people most affected by immigration policy, as well as other vulnerable groups, and to assure them that they are not alone.
The Associated Press reports that about 6,600 noncitizens obtaining New Jersey driver’s licenses and other state IDs were improperly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024. Governor Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, "blamed a Motor Vehicle Commission system software error but said a preliminary analysis showed that fewer
100,773 immigration case closures in June 2026, marked an all-time high, according to a TRAC analysis of new ICE data. The latest data release, which follows an unexplained three-month pause from the agency, also shows nearly 66,000 people are in immigration detention nationwide. That’s down from a
Appeals court reverses decision that freed pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision ordering the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, opening the door to the re-arrest of a student protest organizer whom the Trump administration has spent more than a year
Hiroshi Motomura, the Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law and the faculty Co-Director of the Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law, has been named part of the 2026 Class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. The 2026
The National Immigration Project has issued this new practice advisory, From Protected Status to Facing Removal: Possible Options for Populations Losing Temporary Protected Status (this includes links to habeas petition templates), and this new community facing resource, What Does the TPS Decision Mean for Me?We also updated the following
Press release The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply saddened by reports that dozens of migrants are dead or missing following a shipwreck off the coast of Mauritania, where 38 survivors were rescued by the Mauritanian Coast Guard near Nouadhibou on 18 July. According to survivors, the vessel departed
Courthouse News Service reports (Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million suit over 3-month ICE detention) that "activist Mahmoud Khalil filed a $20 million lawsuit Monday over the 104-day immigration detention that prevented him from attending the birth of his first child. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Khalil
Check out this official "truth" from the White House earlier today: Not sure any prior White House has cited the New York Post favorably. Though I suppose I wouldn't be surprised if Trump Administration 1 did.
A study (Collateral Damage How Immigration Policy Harms U.S. Citizens in Mixed-Status Marriages) on mixed status marriages.