White South Africans brought to US as refugees
Refugee groups have questioned why the white South Africans are being prioritized.
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Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case
The Republican administration previously invoked the same legal authority to cut off a judge’s inquiry into whether it defied an order to turn around planes deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
Declassified intelligence memo contradicts Trump’s claims linking gang to Venezuelan government
The redacted memo from the National Intelligence Council said there was no indication that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro or other senior government officials are directing the actions of Tren de Aragua.
Judge orders Trump administration to admit roughly 12,000 refugees
A judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States under a court order partially blocking the president’s efforts to suspend the nation’s refugee admissions program.
Trump administration says it’ll pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country
The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.
Indiana lawmaker files disciplinary action against state’s attorney general
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s claims about a sitting lawmaker—that she stopped an immigration bill for “personal reasons”—could land him in more legal hot water after she lodged a disciplinary action against him.
Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights
President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he does not know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants
The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.
Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around the country have advocates worried
The flurry of immigration enforcement at courthouses around the country in the past month — already heavily criticized by judicial officials and lawyers — has renewed a legal battle from President Donald Trump’s first term as advocates fear people might avoid coming to court.
US government has a new policy for terminating international students’ legal status
The new details emerged in lawsuits filed by some of the students who suddenly had their status canceled in recent weeks with little explanation.
Trump administration abruptly reverses termination of legal status for international students
More than 1,200 students nationwide previously had lost their legal status or had visas revoked, leaving them at risk for deportation.
Federal judge temporarily halts order for details on any efforts to return Abrego Garcia to US
The seven-day pause ordered by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Wednesday is the first sign of a possible change, either in tone or position, in the contentious legal fight that already has been to the Supreme Court.
Orders to leave the country — some for US citizens — sow confusion among immigrants
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is quietly revoking two-year permits of people who used an online appointment app at U.S. border crossings with Mexico called CBP One, which brought in more than 900,000 people starting in January 2023.
Motorsports legal conference explores immigration issues, racetrack gambling
One perennial issue that received increased attention this year was the immigration status of the foreign-born drivers and team members who stay in the U.S. for months or even years with their employers.
Alito’s dissent in deportation case says court rushed to block Trump with middle-of-the night order
The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a sharp dissent that castigated the seven-member majority.
Trump officials’ defiance over Abrego Garcia’s deportation is ‘shocking,’ appeals court says
The Trump administration’s claim that it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be shocking,” a federal appeals court said Thursday.
Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation’s immigration detention system
If President Donald Trump’s administration has its way, the capacity to hold tens of thousands more migrants will soon be added around the country as the U.S. seeks an explosive expansion of what is already the world’s largest immigration detention system.
Judge presses Trump administration on its refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia
The federal judge said Trump administration officials had defied a “clear” Supreme Court order.
ACLU sues federal government for revoking legal status of Indiana international students
The lawsuit alleges the federal government unlawfully terminated the legal status of seven international students enrolled at Indiana universities.
El Salvador president says he won’t return a wrongly deported man back to the US
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said he doesn’t “have the power” to return the man to the United States.