ORR is amending a regulation so that it comports with the express language of the governing legislation. That regulation relates to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied alien children (UACs) referred to ORR, pursuant to ORR's responsibilities for coordinating and implementing the care and placement of UACs who are in Federal custody by reason of their immigration status under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) and the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA).
The Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") is terminating the categorical parole programs for inadmissible aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members (hereinafter referred to as "CHNV parole programs") that DHS announced in 2022 and 2023. This Federal Register notice is intended to provide context and guidance to the public regarding the termination of the CHNV parole programs and related employment authorization.
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to pause a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, arguing the band of nonprofit groups that obtained the order have no standing to challenge the firings.
BigLaw attorneys, immigration lawyers and legal advocacy organizations have been quick to blast President Donald Trump for what some of them call an "inexcusable and despicable" memo that is meant to intimidate attorneys out of challenging the administration.
The Trump administration said Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who is facing removal for negatively impacting U.S. foreign policy, is also removable because he concealed prior employment history on his green card application.
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A group of immigrants have filed a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court challenging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's purported policy of deporting noncitizens without warning to countries that are neither their country of origin nor a country where they have status or citizenship.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday removed part of a regulation barring it from sharing the immigration status of potential sponsors of unaccompanied children with law enforcement or immigration enforcement agencies.