Texas v. DHS "[T]he record establishes that the number of CHNV nationals entering the United States since the Program’s implementation has dramatically decreased by as much as 44 percent. Plaintiffs, therefore, are unable to demonstrate that they have...
NILC, Jan. 11, 2024 " A federal district court in Indiana today entered a preliminary injunction ordering the state to remove restrictions on accessing Indiana driver’s licenses or identification cards for residents who live in the state under federal...
USCIS, Dec. 18, 2023 "On Dec. 14, 2023, USCIS and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) met to discuss topics related to parole. AILA submitted the questions below, which USCIS answered. Please note that some of the questions may have been...
ABA, Dec. 4, 2023 "American Bar Association President Mary Smith wrote to the U.S. Senate to urge senators to continue working towards bipartisan solutions to the difficult challenges presented at the U.S. southern border. However, the ABA would oppose including...
Georgianna Pisano Goetz, Nov. 24, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security has been pushing inconsistent arguments about the meaning of parole under the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, needlessly complicating the naturalization process for Cubans in the US...
USCIS, Nov. 15, 2023 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a Federal Register notice implementing a new family reunification parole (FRP) process for Ecuador, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s successful combination...
Ethan Stark-Miller, AM New York, Nov. 5, 2023 "A migrant’s current legal status in large part depends on how the individual entered the country. According to immigration lawyer Stephen Yale-Loehr , there are several ways that new arrivals typically...
USCIS, Oct. 26, 2023 "USCIS announced today that we will consider two-year extensions of the initial parole period on a case-by-case basis for certain Afghan nationals who: Were paroled into the United States between July 30, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2022...
DHS, Oct. 18, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new family reunification parole process for certain nationals of Ecuador, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s effective strategy to combine expanded lawful pathways...
Seth Kugel, New York Times, Oct. 13, 2023 "A Chinese scientist, an Egyptian grandmother and a Bangladeshi woman from Queens were all turned away and refused a refund despite having the U.S. government’s permission — and documents — to travel...
Hillary Chura, CSM, Sept. 20, 2023 "What the president could do is issue an executive action that extends parole to more nationalities, says Stephen Yale-Loehr , an immigration law professor at Cornell University. Parole allows certain noncitizens to stay...
National Immigration Project "Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm Eastern Zoom Webinar Duration: 1.5 hours Cost: Free CLE Credit: None Program Description: Following the Supreme Court's decision in Jennings v. Rodriguez ...
Matter of Cabrera-Fernandez (1) Release on conditional parole under section 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a)(2)(B) (2018), is legally distinct from release on humanitarian parole under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the INA...
DHS, Aug. 10, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today published Federal Register notices* that will update and modernize the Cuban and Haitian family reunification parole (FRP) processes, reflecting extensive feedback from stakeholders on these...
Muzaffar Chishti and Kathleen Bush-Joseph, MPI, Aug. 2, 2023 "The Biden administration’s embrace of executive authority to grant immigration protections has resulted in a ballooning number of individuals living in the United States with temporary statuses...