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...
USCIS, undated, but posted Sept. 2019
"This policy memorandum (PM) provides guidance to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers for determining whether an applicant is eligible for asylum or refugee status or withholding of removal in light of the Attorney General’s decision in Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 581 (A.G. 2019). The guidance in this memorandum supersedes all previous guidance dealing specifically with asylum, withholding, and refugee eligibility that is inconsistent with this guidance."