Texas v. DHS Majority: "We address whether United States Border Patrol agents can legally cut a concertina wire (“c-wire” or “wire”) fence the State of Texas has placed along...
USCIS, Nov. 27, 2024 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a temporary final rule (TFR) making available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural...
Michelle N. Méndez, Director of Legal Resources and Training, National Immigration Project reports: "On November 25, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted final...
USCIS, Nov. 26, 2024 "The Department of Homeland Security today posted a Federal Register notice designating Lebanon for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months. Secretary of Homeland Security...
TRAC, Nov. 25, 2024 "Wide differences in Immigration Judge asylum denial rates are evident across many Courts in the latest release of TRAC’s Immigration Judge report series. These new reports...
Prof. Peter Margulies, Dec. 4, 2019
"On Nov. 26, Judge Michael H. Simon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon issued a preliminary injunction against the operation of President Trump’s October immigration proclamation. The proclamation denies entry into the United States for otherwise qualified visa applicants unless they are likely to receive “approved health insurance” within 30 days of entry or can pay for their health care. (See my earlier analysis of Simon’s temporary restraining order.) In his core ruling that the uninsured ban clashes with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), Simon was correct. However, some aspects of his statutory and constitutional analysis are flawed. .... [See more...]..."