By American Immigration Council | Editorial credit: Phil Pasquini / shutterstock.com Washington DC, July 1, 2025 — On July 1, the U.S. Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes an unprecedented allocation of funds for immigration detention and enforcement while simultaneously stripping healthcare from millions of Americans. The bill, passed today with Vice President JD […]
Editorial credit: David Peinado Romero / Shutterstock.com Washington, DC: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on June 27 a new joint federal rule with the Department of Justice (DOJ) that will make it easier and more efficient to fine undocumented immigrants. The current process requires giving undocumented immigrants 30 days’ notice of the intent to fine […]
By Mary Campbell WASHINGTON, D.C: In a landmark ruling that narrows the power of the federal judiciary and leaves unresolved a critical constitutional issue, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, June 27, that lower courts may no longer issue nationwide injunctions—decisions that had often blocked federal policies from taking effect nationwide. The case, Trump v. […]
By American Immigration Council WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2025 — On June 20, a coalition including a religious organization and two individuals filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a newly enacted Tennessee law that criminalizes providing shelter to people who are undocumented, even when there is no intent to conceal them. The Institute for Constitutional […]
By Staff Writer | Editorial credit: Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com Starting July 1, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin sending text alerts from a new number: 872466 (which spells out USA-IMM for “U.S.A. Immigration”). The current number, 468-311 (GOV-311), will be discontinued. Why This Matters If you receive case […]
By Mary Campbell | Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / shutterstock.com In recent months, a stark and controversial image has come to symbolize the Trump administration’s hardline immigration agenda: masked, often plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducting arrests in public spaces, courthouses, workplaces, and even neighborhoods—without identifying themselves or presenting a badge. This tactic, […]
By Esther Claudette Gittens | Photo Copyright of IQ INC The recent release of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist, from 104 days of federal immigration detention marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing national discourse surrounding free speech, immigration enforcement, and campus activism. U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz’s order […]
By Eleanor Paynter, THE CONVERSATION | Editorial credit: Ericky Boniphace / shutterstock.com For the past several months, the Trump administration has been trying to deport immigrants to countries they are not from – despite an April 2025 federal ruling that had blocked the White House from doing so. A divided Supreme Court decided on June 23, in a brief emergency order, that the […]
By Mary Campbell USCIS now requires marriages between principal refugees or asylees and their spouses to be legally valid in the country where they were performed. This change marks a significant shift in how derivative refugee and asylee petitions will be adjudicated moving forward. This guidance is effective March 3, 2025, and applies to requests […]
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: Evgenia Parajanian / shutterstock.com For immigrants striving for a life in the United States, the allure of U.S. citizenship can be strong. However, falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen, whether through fraudulent documents, verbal assertions, or incorrect completion of forms like the I-9, carries severe and often […]
