On March 12, 2025, DHS issued an interim final rule (IFR) with request for comments amending DHS regulations to designate a new registration form for aliens to comply with statutory alien registration and fingerprinting provisions. Unregistered aliens may use this general registration form to satisfy their statutory obligations. This final rule responds to public comments, amends DHS regulations to adjust the lists of forms and processes that may serve as registration forms and evidence of alien registration, and seeks comments on other potential changes to the regulations relating to alien registration and fingerprinting.
President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that noncitizens arrested in the U.S. interior are not entitled to bond hearings, calling it a "critically important question of immigration law that has divided the courts of appeals."
A national legal organization asked a D.C. federal judge to order the U.S. government to search for and provide records it requested to shine light on possible Trump administration plans to ramp up cases to revoke citizenship from naturalized Americans.
The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.
The Texas Supreme Court blocked Harris County from allocating $1.3 million to several nonprofits that provide legal services to immigrants facing removal, saying Friday that there exist serious doubts that the county has constitutional authority to disburse the funds.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stayed a D.C. Circuit ruling upholding a civil contempt order against former Fox News journalist Catherine Herridge, further staving off a district judge's $800-per-day fine for refusing to expose her source.
The Trump administration is defending U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's policy requiring seven days notice for lawmakers to visit detention facilities in the D.C. Circuit, calling for the appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit from 13 Democratic Congress members challenging the rule for lack of standing.
A coalition of worker advocacy and legal aid organizations urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold the Department of Labor's authority to collect monetary penalties from agricultural employers through its in-house adjudication system, arguing that H-2A visa program enforcement actions involve public rights that Congress may assign to the executive branch.