Day: October 14, 2026

Judge Orders DHS to Name the Law Holding the Man ICE Shot in Manhattan, the Question That Decides Whether He Can Get Bond

A Brooklyn federal judge has ordered the government to justify detaining Oscar Belgal, shot by an ICE...

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Federal Judge Weighs Moving an ICE Agent’s Minnesota Assault Case Out of State Court, a Test That Could Shape Charges in Houston and Beyond

A federal judge in Minnesota is deciding whether an ICE agent charged with assault under state law...

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Judge Orders the State Department to Open the 2027 Green Card Lottery, Leaving Winners Less Than a Year to Get Their Visas

A federal judge in San Diego has ordered the State Department to open registration for the 2027...

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IRS Moves to Cut Off Health Insurance Help for H-1B Workers and Other Legal Immigrants

The IRS has proposed the tax rules behind the 2025 law that ends marketplace subsidies for most...

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Immigration Court Agency Creates a Fraud-Complaint File on Lawyers, Notarios and Respondents, and Proposes Keeping It From the People Named

EOIR has set up a dedicated records system for complaints of immigration fraud, scams and unauthorized practice,...

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Appeals Court Says Judges Cannot Review the Airport Removal of an H-1B Doctor, a Precedent Every Returning Visa Holder Should Know

The First Circuit held that courts have no jurisdiction over the expedited removal of Dr. Rasha Alawieh,...

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GAO Tells ICE to Use Body Cameras That Switch On by Themselves, and DHS Refuses

A congressional watchdog wants ICE body cameras to start recording on their own when an encounter turns...

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Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Losing Asylum Also Closes the Path to a Green Card

The Supreme Court hears argument Nov. 30 on whether a person whose asylum was terminated can still...

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Naturalization Approvals Have Fallen to About a Third of Their Recent Pace, and Approved Applicants Are Now Waiting on the Oath

USCIS has approved about 22,000 citizenship applications a month in 2026, down from about 70,000 in 2024...

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Class Action Says ICE Keeps Released Detainees’ Work Permits and IDs for Months, Including Papers Federal Law Requires Them to Carry

Seven people released from ICE custody say the agency kept their work permits, passports and IDs for...

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Jamaica Takes Its First U.S. Third-Country Deportees Under a Deal That Bars Criminal Records and Caps Arrivals at 25 Every Two Weeks

Jamaica received 22 non-Jamaican deportees from the United States on Oct. 13 under a transit deal that...

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Green Card Holders Stay Barred After Time in Congo, Uganda or South Sudan as Ebola Entry Order Is Extended to Nov. 10

Federal health officials have renewed for another 30 days the Ebola order that bars entry to green...

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Houston Prosecutor Weighs Assault Charge Against ICE Officer, Says Crash Data Was Driven Away, and Offers U Visa Backing

Harris County's district attorney says an ICE agent drove away the vehicle that struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez before...

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Ninth Circuit Bars California From Making ICE and Other Federal Agents Show Names or Badge Numbers, Even Though the Law Covered State Police Too

A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel held that California's No Vigilantes Act unlawfully regulates the federal government directly....

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Justice Department Gives California 48 Hours to Set Aside Ballots of Suspected Noncitizens, Days After a Judge Voided Its Voter-Roll Checks

Days after a judge voided its nationwide voter-roll checks, the Justice Department is pressing California to set...

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Arrested After a 911 Call, Then Handed to ICE: Abuse Victims Cleared by Prosecutors Fall Outside the Protections a Court Restored in May

A ProPublica investigation finds immigrant women arrested in domestic disputes, cleared by prosecutors and then turned over...

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DHS Says Ending Deference Did Not Raise Denials, but USCIS Figures Show H-1B Extension Denials More Than Doubled After It Ended

A central factual claim in DHS's plan to end deference on worker extensions is being challenged with...

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DHS Sends White House a Plan to Change Premium Processing Deadlines, a Clock USCIS Has Already Reset More Than Once

DHS has sent the White House a proposed rule to change how long USCIS has to decide...

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House Bill Joins Senate Push to Lift the $60,000 H-1B Exempt-Worker Line to About $140,000, an Idea That Stalled After Committee in 2017

Rep. Glenn Grothman has filed a House companion to Sen. Jon Husted's bill tying the H-1B-dependent employer...

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Board of Immigration Appeals Says a Friend’s Letter Is Not Enough to Win Release on Bond

In Matter of M-S-V-, the Board of Immigration Appeals threw out a $20,000 bond and held that...

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