Immigration
Visa Interview Wait Times Surge as State Department Staffing Falls
Nonimmigrant visa interview wait times have risen nearly eightfold since before the pandemic, while State Department staffing shortages have contributed to...
Temporary Protected Status Shrinks to 274,000 After Terminations
Temporary Protected Status fell from about 1.4 million people across 17 countries at the start of the second Trump administration to about 274,000 after...
ICE Spent $1B on Warehouses, Never Used One
Between January and April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement also known as ICE purchased 11 warehouses with the intent of renovating them to stash what...
Federal Courts Uphold Gun Ban With Conflicting Legal Theories
Every federal appeals court to weigh in has upheld the federal ban on firearm possession by people unlawfully present in the United States, yet they have...
U.S. Foreign-Born Population Reaches 50.2 Million in 2024
An estimated 50.2 million foreign-born people resided in the country in 2024, representing approximately 14.8 percent of the total U.S. population,...
House Judiciary Panel Hears Arguments on Sanctuary Law Restrictions
On September 15, the House Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing titled "The Continuing Tragedy Of Sanctuary...
House Panel Debates Sanctuary Policies and Public Safety
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a Sept. 1 hearing examining sanctuary policies, with Republicans...
Temporary Protected Status Ends for 13 of 17 Countries
A new Congressional Research Service’s analysis places Temporary Protected Status at the center of a fast-moving policy shift under the Trump...
Trump and House at Odds Over Homeland Security Provisions
President Trump and the House of Representatives are at odds over security provisions in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) 2027 budget. A...
House Panel Revisits Birthright Citizenship After Supreme Court Loss
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held a hearing September 2 examining potential legislative responses to the...
Circuit Split on Duty of Counsel to Warn of Denaturalization
A divided federal judiciary is creating conflicting legal obligations for criminal defense attorneys advising naturalized citizens. In the Second Circuit,...
House Panel Will Examine Sanctuary Law Impacts
The Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act is one of a few pieces of sanctuary legislation that have made it out of committee during President Donald Trump's...
Immigration Judges' Group Hires Alignment for Lobbying
The National Association of Immigration Judges has switched lobbying firms, moving from Meltsner Strategies LLC to Alignment Government Strategies....
U.S. Refugee Resettlement Sharply Curtailed Amid Global Displacement Crisis
A Congressional Research Service report published September 3 revealed that 117.8 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide in 2025. This forcible...
Meltsner Strategies Ends Immigration Judges Representation
Meltsner Strategies LLC terminated its lobbying representation of the National Association of Immigration Judges effective August 31, according to a filing...
Circuit Split Deepens Over Mandatory Immigration Detention
A growing circuit split over federal immigration law could determine whether millions of migrants living in the U.S. without lawful admission can be...
Trump Immigration Fines Reach $84 Billion Amid Legal Challenge
A recent Congressional Research Service report examines the dramatic expansion of immigration enforcement fines, a component of the Trump administration's...
House Subcommittee Will Examine Birthright Citizenship Limits
The Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Barbara is about to face congressional scrutiny. A hearing scheduled for September 2, 2026, will examine birthright...