Nicole Narea, Vox, Jan. 16, 2025 "One of the first bills that could be sent to President Donald Trump after he is inaugurated Monday would vastly expand immigration detention and make it easier...
ACLU, Jan. 15, 2025 "Newly released documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union confirm that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is actively considering proposals to expand its...
Cyrus D. Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Jan. 14, 2025 "On January 8, 2025, USCIS issued updated guidance in its Policy Manual clarifying how entrepreneurs may qualify for O visas. The guidance states that...
MPI, Jan. 14, 2025 "Muzaffar Chishti, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, was honored today by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) with an Outstanding Americans by Choice...
Patrick Jack, Times Higher Education, Jan. 14, 2025 "Stephen Yale-Loehr, a retired professor of immigration law practice at Cornell University , told Times Higher Education that discussions over...
CFPB et al. v. Nexus Services, Inc., et al.
"Plaintiffs allege that defendants violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act (“CFPA”), the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (“VCPA”), and Massachusetts and New York consumer protection laws in administering “immigration bonds” for indigent consumers facing deportation. ... For the foregoing reasons, the court finds that plaintiffs have sufficiently stated claims for which relief can be granted under the CFPA, the VCPA, the MCPA, the MFDCPA, the NYEL, and the NYGBL. The court will grant plaintiffs’ requested injunctive relief, as detailed in the accompanying Final Judgment Order. The court will also grant $230,996,970.84 in restitution to the CFPB and award civil penalties in the amounts of $111,135,620 to the CFPB, $7,100,000 to the Commonwealth of Virginia, $3,400,000 to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and $13,890,000 to the State of New York."