Immigration Blog

BIA States the Obvious: Admitting You Lied in the Past Doesn’t Make You Credible Today

Appellate board gives a quick tutorial on how IJs should make credibility determinations — and how not to.

DHS Proposes New Regulation to Revise the EB-5 Investor Visa Program

The rule further implements the 2022 EB-5 law and strengthens program integrity, with an opportunity for public comment

Minnesota Board Pardons Child Sex Offender, Blocking His Imminent Deportation to Laos

Gov. Tim Walz (D) is back in the immigration spotlight over ‘a type of crime that is widely reviled’

NYT: 10,000 ICE Arrests in Five Days

A ‘quieter enforcement campaign’ doesn’t mean fewer aliens will be arrested and deported

Excerpt: The Roe v. Wade of Birthright Citizenship

DOJ Vows to Crack Down on Birth Tourism in Response to ‘Birthright’ Opinion

The silver lining in the dark Barbara cloud

Excerpt: Citizenship Follies

Are we going to just have to bar the admission of women from abroad?

The ‘Birthright Opinion’ Is In — and Trump Won’t Like It

Everyone born here — with only limited exceptions — is a U.S. citizen, and immigration hawks will now argue deportations are more important than ever

Explaining Sec. Mullin’s ‘Controversial’ Statements on What ‘Ending TPS’ Means

Immigrant advocates should stop fearmongering, while hawks should focus their fire on the last administration

Excerpt: ABC’s ‘3% delusion’ on criminal migrants turns the law on its head