On June 4, 2025, the White House issued new travel bans. Effective June 9, 2025, people from certain countries are completely banned from traveling to the United States, while people from others are partially banned. The ban applies to people who are outside of the United States and do not have a valid visa as […]
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After a month’s long battle, on May 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling giving a green light to the Trump administration to terminate the CHNV parole program. CHNV refers to the four humanitarian parole programs for certain individuals of four countries – Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela – with sponsors in the […]
On June 4, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a press release announcing that the agency will enhance its efforts to detain, and deport if it can, nonimmigrants who failed to depart at the end of their authorized stay in the United States. According to the press release, DHS is “ramping up the […]
In recent months, the Trump administration announced termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal, Venezuela, and most recently Haiti, amidst contentious litigation in federal court. On May 13, 2025, DHS announced that Afghanistan’s TPS designation will formally terminate on July 14, 2025. Afghanistan now joins Cameroon (ending August 4, 2025), Nepal (August […]
USCIS initiated deportation proceedings against over 26,700 foreign nationals since updating its guidelines in late February. On April 9, 2025, USCIS began reviewing social media activity of foreign nationals for evidence of antisemitic activity as a basis for denying immigration benefits. On April 11, 2025, EOIR issued a policy memorandum permitting immigration judges to pre-termit […]
We are seeing the resumption of adjustment of status interviews for marriage-based cases. Whether employment-based interviews will be next remains to be seen. Processing times will certainly slow as a result. We also expect those interviews to be conducted in a more rigorous nature, with perhaps the separation of spouses becoming the norm rather than […]
The Laken Riley Act, signed into law by the President on January 29, 2025, mandates DHS to detain certain undocumented foreign nationals arrested for theft-related offenses, assaults on law enforcement officers, or crimes causing serious bodily injury or death, such as those resulting from driving under the influence. The legislation also empowers state attorneys general […]
On March 21, 2025, DHS announced that beneficiaries of the CHNV parole program, which allowed certain foreign nationals to enter the United States with humanitarian parole, would see their benefits expire come April 24, 2025. Approximately 532,000 people entered the U.S. through this program, which was designed to deter unlawful immigration. While parole benefits are […]
On February 1, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the 2023 designation for Venezuela. As such, TPS and related benefits associated with the 2023 designation will end on April 7, 2025. Estimates report that this decision affects more than 607,000 Venezuelans eligible for these protections. The decision to […]
On February 28, 2025, USCIS issued a memorandum updating its policy regarding the issuance of Form I-862, Notice to Appear (NTA) to place noncitizens into removal proceedings. The memorandum now lists all the circumstances in which USCIS “will” issue an NTA. The memo describes that after collaboration with ICE, USCIS will issue NTAs to noncitizens […]