Washington (CNN)-As the United States responds to the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the country’s immigration apparatus, altering daily operations and disrupting the lives of thousands. In a little over a week, there have been…
A 27-year-old Honduran man died Wednesday after being jailed at a detention center that holds families for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. The death is the ninth in ICE custody…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) is scaling back the aggressive operations it launched under Donald Trump as the country contends with the new coronavirus outbreak The US immigration agency announced on Wednesday that it was temporarily shifting priorities, focusing…
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…
The Trump administration is considering a controversial proposal to boost the number of visas offered to wealthy immigrants who invest money in the United States as it tries to boost a faltering economy amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak, according to…
In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that competent criminal defense lawyers must advise their clients of the immigration consequences of pleading guilty, and that a lawyer who fails to explain the risk of deportation associated with a proposed guilty…
Washington (CNN)-The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that the controversial Trump administration “Remain in Mexico” asylum policy can stay in effect while legal challenges play out. The court’s order is a victory for the administration, which warned there would…
The Department of Justice ordered all initial immigration courtroom hearings in the month ahead to be postponed, following outcry from an unlikely coalition of immigration prosecutors, attorneys, and judges. The Justice Department’s Executive Office of Immigration Review announced late Sunday…
After fleeing Cuba and crossing into the United States last year, Arlet Victoria Remón Pérez has spent more than nine months in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Jena, Louisiana. In that time, she’s become familiar with…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is temporarily shutting down offices around the country in response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The agency said in a memo posted to its website on Tuesday that the closures would apply…
