International Affairs

Congress Weighs El Salvador Immigration Policy Amid Human Rights Concerns

The status of more than 170,000 Salvadorans living in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) remains unresolved as Congress weighs...

Labor and Employment

H-1B Prevailing Wage Floors Would Rise Under Trump Proposal

The federal methodology for setting minimum wages that employers must pay temporary foreign workers in specialty occupations is the subject of a new...

Politics

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...

Follow the Money

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...

Politics

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...

Politics

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,...

Law and Order

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...

hearings

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...

Congress

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...

Legislation

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...

Immigration

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...

Immigration

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,...

Congress

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

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....

Social Welfare

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...

Immigration

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...

Law and Order

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...