A judge recently blocked the signed proclamation that those seeking to legally immigrate to the U.S. must have health insurance and declared “aliens who will financially burden the United States healthcare system [are] hereby suspended.” The proclamation would not apply to asylum seekers, refugees, unaccompanied children, children of US citizens, those entering on temporary visas (including H1-B), international students, scholars, visitors for business, tourists, L-1 intracompany transferees, and those who were issued visas prior to

A federal judge recently blocked the Administration from extending the authority of immigration officers to deport people without first allowing them to appear before judges. The decision came before the policy was enforced. The move would have applied to anyone in the country for less than two years.   Immigrants facing deportation typically have a short initial hearing before a judge and a government attorney to learn about their rights and how their case will

The Administration recently announced that it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants facing life-threatening health crises to return to their home countries. In early August, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, without public notice, eliminated a “deferred action” program that previously allowed immigrants to avoid deportation while they or their relatives were undergoing life-saving medical treatment. USCIS sent letters to family members who had requested relief from deportation, saying the agency’s field offices “no longer

In the past, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court has blocked any potential “safe third country” agreement with the US. However, in recent weeks, Guatemala agreed to a prospective agreement which would require asylum-seekers who travel through its borders to first seek refuge there before moving on to the U.S. Under the broad outlines of the accord, the Trump administration plans to relocate a large number of asylum seekers from Honduras and El Salvador back to Guatemala,

Recent declarations by the Administration state that they will launch a series of immigration raids, most likely after the July 4th holiday. The acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency claimed that he would follow through with plans to send agents into communities, collecting and deporting undocumented families in the latest attempt to deter large-scale migration through the southwest border. The targeted operation is expected to occur over the course of multiple days,