WASHINGTON — A class-action lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday alleges that the Trump administration’s ban on legal immigration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic unfairly separates parent from children who are on the cusp of turning 21 years old.…
Nearly 650,000 undocumented “Dreamers” are awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court that will determine whether they will be allowed to continue to receive temporary protection from deportation and work permits under an Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood…
WASHINGTON – Despite the health risks of the coronavirus, the Supreme Court refused Friday to stop the Trump administration from denying green cards to immigrants who use public benefits. The court’s short, unsigned order denied the request of New York,…
A new legal action has asked a federal judge to place a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration’s April 22, 2020, presidential proclamation designed to prevent many Americans from sponsoring family members for immigration. The legal action builds on…
New York, Connecticut and Vermont asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to consider temporarily lifting or modifying the implementation of the “public charge” rule due to concerns about COVID-19 and the president’s declaration of a national state of emergency.…
Immigration groups are suing the Trump administration over its refusal to close immigration courts during the coronavirus public health crisis. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, the groups said that the Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review’s (EOIR)…
WASHINGTON — Aldo Martinez, a paramedic in Fort Myers, Fla., is one of about 27,000 young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers who work in health care, many of them on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.…
Despite increasing demands for the Department of Justice to temporarily close all the nation’s immigration courts due to the coronavirus pandemic, most courts remain open. Some courts have even reopened after the department confirmed people who were there tested positive…
With New York City and much of the country on standstill, here’s what you need to know about immigration law in the time of the coronavirus: USCIS: Field offices are closed except for emergencies until April 1. All U.S. Citizenship…
When news broke last week that the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review ordered immigration courts to remove posters with information about COVID-19, it raised a huge red flag for those of us working with asylum seekers. The poster…
