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USCIS, May 4, 2023 "We now are affirmatively creating and providing documented evidence of their status to certain new asylees and lawful permanent residents upon our receiving notification that an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration...

106 legal services providers, Oct. 5, 2022 "On May 28, 2021, the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) jointly launched a “Dedicated Docket” to quickly process the cases of families seeking asylum in the United States who entered...

NILA, NWIRP, June 9, 2022 "Today, five asylum applicants filed a national class action lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) challenging policies and practices that...

Tyche Hendricks, KQED, Jan. 3, 2022 "Pablo López sat on the small balcony of an apartment in a Walnut Creek housing complex, dialing phone numbers for legal aid groups across the Bay Area. Just above his head, the freshly washed Chick-fil-A uniforms...

Letter from the Round Table of Former Immigration Judges, Oct. 19, 2021 Comments on Proposed Rulemaking: 86 FR 46906 , Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum "Limitation on Immigration Judge Review: We strongly oppose...

Hon. Paul W. Schmidt, Aug. 20, 2021 "TRAC IMMIGRATION just released the first statistical profile of the “Dedicated Asylum Docket” created by AG Garland and his subordinates without any coherent public explanation or plan in mind. Here they are...

Jeffrey S. Chase, Feb. 14, 2021 "As we all know, on December 10, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security jointly published final rules widely referred to as the “Death to Asylum” regulations.  On January 8, a U.S. District Court Judge...

NIJC, Jan. 8, 2021 "Immigration legal service providers are joining together to  sue  the U.S. government agency that oversees immigration courts to block a Trump administration rule that would create insurmountable obstacles for people applying...

Jeffrey S. Chase, Dec. 12, 2020 "I’m going to use a baseball analogy here (with apologies to non-fans):  DJ LeMahieu finished this past season as the American League batting champion.  Imagine if he were to walk in to negotiate a new contract with...

TRAC, Sept 16, 2020 "TRAC will begin once again releasing asylum data received from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). After repeatedly uncovering issues in the quality of EOIR's data, the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse...

TRAC, Apr. 23, 2019 "... It appears that the government itself does not actually know what happens to those it arrests at the border. It admits it lacks the ability to reliably follow cases when they pass from one agency of DHS to another - such...

EOIR, Aug. 26, 2022 "... Going forward under the interim final rule, immigration judges will continue to review asylum officers’ credible fear determinations. They will also adjudicate cases in the new streamlined removal proceedings, with the...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/28/2021 "On December 23, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively, “the Departments”) published a final rule ...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 08/20/2021. "The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) (collectively, “the Departments”) are proposing to amend the regulations governing...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 03/22/2021 "Interim final rule with request for comments. SUMMARY: On December 23, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively...

Pangea v. DHS "Defendants the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Pete Gaynor, in his official capacity, if any, as Acting Secretary of DHS; Chad F. Wolf, in his official capacity, if any, as Acting Secretary of DHS; the United...

Jeffrey S. Chase, Jan. 3, 2021 "On December 23, EOIR and USCIS published final rules designed to brand most people a “security risk,” and thus ineligible for asylum.  The rules won’t become effective until January 22 (i.e. after the Biden Administration...

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 243 / Thursday, December 17, 2020 "On July 16, 2019, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (“DOJ,” “DHS,” or, collectively, “the Departments”) published an interim final rule (“IFR”) governing...

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 242 / Wednesday, December 16, 2020 "On September 23, 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “the Department”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM” or “proposed rule”) that proposed to amend the regulations...

EOIR, Dec. 11, 2020 "Establishes EOIR policy and procedures regarding new regulations about credible fear and reasonable fear review screenings and the adjudication of asylum, statutory withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention...

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 "On June 15, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively “the Departments”) published...

EOIR, Dec. 4, 2020 "This Policy Memorandum (PM) consolidates and replaces Operating Policies and Procedures Memoranda (OPPM) 00-01, Asylum Request Processing, OPPM 13-02, The Asylum Clock. Much of the information in those OPPM has become outdated...

EOIR, May 5, 2020 "On November 4, 2020, the district court for the Western District of Washington approved a settlement agreement in Mendez Rojas v. Wolf, No. 2:16-cv-01024-RSM (W.D. Wash. Nov. 4, 2020), 1 a class-action lawsuit pertaining to the...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/23/2020 "The Department of Justice (“Department” or “DOJ”) proposes to amend the Executive Office for Immigration Review (“EOIR”) regulations governing asylum and withholding...