Immigration Blog

How Much Say Do Trial-Level Federal Judges Have Over Immigration Arrests?

District courts appear to ignore a 1984 Supreme Court opinion that immigration officers can’t be expected to “compile elaborate, contemporaneous, written reports detailing the circumstances of every arrest”

Even Those Concerned about H-1B Sometimes Get It Wrong

DHS Proposes New Public Charge Regulations

The new proposal repeals changes made by the Biden administration in 2022

Rahmanullah Lakanwal: One of 200,000 Afghans Brought Here Since 2021

How did ‘Operation Allies Welcome’ work, and how did he benefit?

USCIS Puts Hard Stop on Asylum Applications — For Now

And other pending requests for benefits from “high-risk” nations, along with a re-review process for immigration approvals for nationals of countries on the “naughty list” who entered under Biden

The Designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Is Long Overdue

President Trump is taking action

Another Afghan Charged for Threatening to Kill Americans

The three key mistakes the U.S. government made during its evacuation from Kabul

DHS Issues Rule to End Automatic Renewals for Work Permits

CIS submitted a comment supporting the rule and recommended further policy changes to increase agency efficiency and fairness

Op-ed: Vetting in All the Wrong Places

Immigration Judges Issued Nearly 500K Removal Orders in FY 2025

‘Due process’ and congressional mandates are why you should ignore complaints that ICE is arresting ‘non-criminals’