Tag Archives: Immigration

The Trump administration announced Friday a sweeping immigration policy that could force many immigrants already living legally in the United States to leave the country before applying for permanent residency, dramatically reshaping the green card process and further tightening legal immigration pathways. Under new guidance issued by U.S. Citizenship and …

A federal appeals court Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that disallowed immigrants claiming asylum at the southern border. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that immigration law allows those fleeing persecution to apply for asylum. “Congress did not intend to …

The Trump administration has approved just one applicant for its new “gold card” visa program, months after opening applications for the high-priced pathway to U.S. residency, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Testifying before a House subcommittee on Thursday, Lutnick said the program — which requires a $1 million payment …

The Justice Department this week acknowledged it made a “material mistaken statement of fact” in federal court by incorrectly citing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo to justify arrests at immigration courthouses. In a letter filed Tuesday, government lawyers told U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel that a May 2025 ICE …

The Supreme Court of the United States appeared Tuesday to side with Donald Trump in a case that could allow his administration to turn away asylum seekers at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. During more than two hours of oral arguments, a majority of the court’s conservative justices …

As the Trump administration continues to focus on the legal immigration statuses of many across the country, a revived proposal by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development could impact many families’ ability to receive rental assistance. The proposed rule would prohibit “mixed-status” families  —  those including U.S. citizens …

President Donald Trump told governors Friday during a meeting at the White House he has no plans to surge federal immigration operations in states where it’s not wanted. New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said during an afternoon press conference with several other governors that Trump was asked during the …

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because the statutory 90-day detention period has expired and the federal government has no viable plan to deport him, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the government failed to show that Abrego Garcia’s removal is …

The second partial government shutdown in 2026 began at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, after lawmakers left the nation’s capital without reaching a deal on changes to immigration enforcement tactics at the Department of Homeland Security. The department’s shutdown is also likely to go on for some time. With Congress out next …

President Donald Trump’s border czar on Thursday announced an imminent end to Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping federal immigration crackdown that sent thousands of agents to Minnesota, sparked widespread protests and left two people dead. Border Czar Tom Homan said the large-scale deployment would begin winding down within days, with …

President Donald Trump’s top immigration officials appeared before Congress on Tuesday for the first time since the fatal shootings of two American citizens in Minneapolis, seeking to defend their agencies’ actions as lawmakers pressed them over accountability, transparency and the scope of nationwide immigration enforcement operations. Todd Lyons, the acting …

Democrats have opened tentative talks with the White House over demands for sweeping new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown, just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire and another partial government shutdown threatens. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that …

A federal court hearing in Minneapolis on Tuesday laid bare the extraordinary strain that the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement push has placed on federal prosecutors, judges and the court system in Minnesota — and the growing frustration of judges who say their orders are repeatedly ignored. The hearing before …

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republicans agree to sweeping changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign. With DHS funding set to expire next week, Democratic leaders say they will withhold …

U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday detailed the “common sense” changes they want to implement for federal immigration enforcement, saying reforms must be added to a funding package that needs to become law before the weekend to avoid a partial government shutdown. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said after a closed-door …