US settles with Mexican man arrested despite DACA status
A Mexican man who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents in 2017 will be allowed to remain in the country for at least the next four years under a settlement with the Justice Department.
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EXPLAINER: What happens if COVID asylum restrictions end?
Here’s a look at Title 42 and the potential impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
US Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for now
The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on asylum in place for now, dashing hopes of migrants to reach the United States.
Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling by SCOTUS
Thousands of migrants on the southern border are awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court decision on asylum restrictions.
Arizona to remove shipping container wall from Mexico border
Arizona will take down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Mexico border, settling a lawsuit and political tussle with the U.S. government over trespassing on federal lands.
US asks court to end asylum limits, with a short delay
The U.S. government asked the Supreme Court not to lift asylum limits before Christmas, in a filing a day after Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary order to keep the pandemic-era restrictions in place.
US judge blocks Biden bid to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
Supreme Court wrestles with Biden’s deportation policy
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a politically tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.
Judge orders end to Trump-era asylum restrictions at border
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of COVID-19.
7th Circuit: Immigration appeals case wrongly applied new precedent retroactively
A Mexican citizen lawfully living in the United States will have a chance to revisit her challenge to removal proceedings after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined a new rule was impermissibly applied to her case retroactively.
Durham: Alternatives to layoffs, terminations involving H-1B employees
Organizations considering adverse employment actions for their H-1B foreign national employees should take into account required actions and related issues to avoid an H-1B violation
Brown: Beyond the sound bites: Employment-based immigration
With Americans heading to the polls for midterm voting, U.S. immigration policy remains a polarizing and divisive topic.
Shifting sands: Without congressional action, immigration attorneys deal with fallout from ‘political whims’
Although immigration law has not changed since Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996, presidential administrations have implemented new policies that have sometimes created drastic changes.
Kersey: Creating a monster: Why you should be obsessed with I-9s
Form I-9 violations lurk in almost every employer’s filing cabinet.
Arizona refuses US demand to remove containers along border
Arizona has refused the federal government’s demand to take down double-stacked shipping containers it placed to fill gaps in the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it won’t do so until the U.S. moves to construct a permanent barrier instead.
In Senate debate, McDermott goes on offensive against incumbent Young
The first and only debate among the three Indiana candidates for U.S. Senate gave Democratic hopeful Tom McDermott a rare opportunity to verbally spar with Republican Sen. Todd Young, who is seeking another six-year term as the state’s senior senator.
Judge rules new DACA program can continue temporarily
A federal judge ruled Friday that the current version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children can continue, at least temporarily.
Revised ‘Dreamers’ program to get another review by court
A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children.
Bannon charged with money laundering in wall-building scheme
Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered Thursday to face charges in New York alleging he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S. southern border.
No longer young, ‘dreamers’ uneasily watch a legal challenge
“Dreamers,” long a symbol of immigrant youth, are increasingly easing into middle age as eligibility requirements have been frozen since 2012, when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was introduced.