Steve Yale-Loehr authored If You Thought Immigration Policy Couldn’t Get Any Crueler, an op-ed about the new public charge rule, published by the New York Times.
Topic: Immigration law
Federal Court Postpones Effective Date of Final Rule Limiting Duration of Status for F, J, I Nonimmigrants
On September 14, 2026, a federal court in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction postponing the effective date of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule that would have replaced duration-of-status (D/S) admissions for F, J, and I nonimmigrants with...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted by New York Sun on Alien Terrorist Removal Court
Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the New York Sun in A Ghost Court From 1996 Awakens To Try To Deport an Alleged ISIS Matriarch. Commenting on the Trump administration’s revival of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, he said, “There are usually easier ways to deport...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted in USA Today on Justice Department Credibility
Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by USA Today in “ ‘Unworthy of trust’: Is Trump pushing the Justice Department too far?” Commenting on the disconnect between Department of Justice lawyers’ arguments under the Trump administration and what courts will accept, he said, “A...
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...
Elimination of “D/S” May Affect F, J, and I Visa Holders
According to reports, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed rule ending the use of “duration of status” (D/S) for F students, J exchange visitors, and I foreign media representatives, issued in 2025, is likely to be finalized in the coming weeks. If...
USCIS Ordered to Resume Processing for Certain ‘Restricted’ Countries’ Applicants
On April 30, 2026, a federal court in Massachusetts issued a significant ruling ordering the U.S. government to lift its blanket hold on certain U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immigration applications for approximately 200 plaintiffs from specific...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship
On April 1, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara on President Trump’s bid to eliminate “birthright citizenship” for children of undocumented and temporary foreign nationals in the United States. Under the executive order being challenged,...
Steve Yale-Loehr quoted in El País on States vs. Federal Immigration Authority
In Deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis Reignite Legal Battle Between Democratic States and ICE Steve cautioned that immigration is a complex legal issue. "Immigration has long been considered a national policy, not one of 50 different states....
Ninth Circuit Rules That Secretary Noem Exceeded Her Authority With Respect to Venezuelan and Haitian TPS
On January 28, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem exceeded her statutory authority in her vacatur and termination of Venezuela's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation and her partial vacatur...
