US Immigration Law

Organizations advocating for civil rights are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an effort to force the agency to release immigrants suffering from health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit targets detention facilities and says the...

As public health officials look for ways to slow down the spread of COVID-19, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Mar. 18 it will halt most arrests and deportations. Instead, ICE says it will focus only on detaining undocumented immigrants who are...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Mar. 2 over the rights of asylum seekers and other vulnerable noncitizens to receive judicial review over expedited deportation orders. The debate before the nation’s highest court follows a ruling last fall by the Ninth...

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) says it will close Seattle’s immigration court until at least April 10 after reports of second-hand exposure to the coronavirus, which caused a temporary shutdown earlier in the week. The EOIR says it will also...

A federal appeals court has temporarily prevented the Trump administration from requiring asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while U.S. immigration courts decide their cases. A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also put the brakes on another...

The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to implement so-called “wealth test” rules making it easier to deny residency for immigrants because they have used or may need to use public-assistance programs. The 5-4 decision means the government can...

A lawsuit claims that the Trump administration has upended the tradition of judicial independence in the U.S. immigration system. The suit, filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Innovation Law Lab, targets President Trump and Attorney General William...

The Washington Post reports senior White House officials tried to plant Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) targeting parents and relatives of migrant children for deportation. The newspaper...

Arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dropped by 5% during fiscal year 2019 in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. However, compared to the last year of the Obama administration, arrests in Texas are up 30%. Overall, ICE arrests in the U.S. were down 10%...