What to Know About the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Order (New York Times): “Despite this seemingly historic loss, the Trump administration is winning its war on immigrants. As a result, the United States has net-negative migration for the first time in 50...
Topic: Immigration Articles
USCIS Opens Asylum Office in Atlanta
On July 1, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is opening an asylum office in Atlanta, Georgia. Beginning July 8, 2026, the Atlanta Asylum Office will conduct interviews for affirmative asylum applicants at three locations. Those...
DHS Proposes to Implement EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act
On July 2, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule that would implement the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), which former President Biden signed on March 15, 2022. In addition to DHS’s general call for comments, the agency...
USCIS Extends Work Authorization for Seven TPS Countries Under Court Order
On July 1, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted new guidance on termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and work authorization for certain TPS recipients affected by a court order. The guidance, which states that work authorization is...
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. Barbara that children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s...
Warning: Fake USCIS Web Pages
Practitioners are warning U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) users about fake web pages that may pop up when a person is navigating to or within the USCIS website. The pages look real at first glance but include misinformation and an incorrect URL and...
DHS Proposes to Raise Naturalization Fees and End Reduced-Fee Option and Fee Waivers
On June 23, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule to increase naturalization fees, end a reduced-fee option (except for qualified current and former armed forces service members), and end the availability of fee waivers. The proposed...
Federal Judge Blocks ICE From Arresting Noncitizens at Immigration Courts
On June 23, 2026, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from arresting noncitizens at immigration courts and struck down ICE’s 12-hour-detention waiver. “It is now...
Court of Appeals Rules That DHS Can Apply Expedited Removal Inside the United States
On June 23, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled 2-1 in Make the Road New York v. Markwayne Mullin that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can apply expedited removal nationwide to “certain aliens who cannot demonstrate continuous...
Supreme Court Rules That Trump Administration Can Proceed With Termination of TPS for Haiti and Syria
On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled in Mullin v. Doe that the Trump administration can proceed with termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria during litigation. The Court reversed the related lower court injunctions and by its holding...
