A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a judge’s order blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from shifting its immigration enforcement priorities, delivering a significant victory for the Biden administration. A three-judge panel for the 5th Circuit Court of…
Democrats are nervously awaiting a ruling by the Senate’s referee on whether they can include protections for Dreamers in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin has been trying to grant young undocumented Dreamers a…
The House Judiciary Committee late Monday advanced, by a 25-19 party line vote, a sweeping proposal that creates a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. The language—which must still pass the Senate, and also awaits an entirely non-binding…
A federal attorney argued the government had the right to do so, even if it doesn’t intend to use numerical caps. A Justice Department attorney argued Tuesday for American immigration officials’ authority to limit the number of asylum-seekers allowed to…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the U.S. government’s practice of denying migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opens up to process claims is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Cynthia…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the Biden administration in its attempt to end a controversial Trump-era border policy in a major blow to the president’s efforts to undo the hardline policies of his predecessor. The court denied, 6-3,…
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is using his parole authority to allow some Afghan evacuees to enter the United States while they wait for their applications to be processed, a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday. The official said…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. With three liberal justices…
U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton in Texas chafed at the Justice Department’s demand for quick ruling in fight over Biden immigration priorities. A federal judge presiding over a major legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s immigration policies lashed out Monday…
A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement priorities that directed border agents to focus on those with serious criminal records. The Biden administration in two memos directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to focus on…
