On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, a federal judge from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a nationwide court order lifting the Trump administration’s suspension of adjudications for immigration benefit applications submitted by noncitizens who were lawfully paroled into the United States under certain categorical parole…
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BREAKING: Trump Aggressively Targets International Students in New Visa Policies, Launches Assault on Higher Education
In recent days, the Trump administration has launched an aggressive campaign targeting international students studying at colleges and universities throughout the United States. These attacks escalated Thursday last week when the administration first announced that it would be halting Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students by revoking their Student…
Supreme Court Clears the Way for DHS to Proceed with Termination of Venezuela’s 2023 TPS Designation
On May 19th the U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a legal victory after the justices agreed to lift a lower court order that had previously stopped the President’s efforts to strip Venezuelans of deportation protections granted under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). What is TPS? Temporary Protected Status (TPS)…
DHS Announces Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan on July 14th
On May 12, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that the State Department will not renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) benefits for Afghanistan once the current designation expires on May 20, 2025. Beneficiaries will be granted a 60-day transition period to make preparations to either depart the United…
F-1 International Students Battle Wave of ICE-Initiated SEVIS Terminations
F-1 International Students at university campuses across the country have been rocked by alarming reports that their visas and SEVIS records have been suddenly terminated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), without any prior notice to the university or the student. This new wave of SEVIS terminations which began…
Trump Terminates Parole Programs for Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, and Nicaragua (CHNV) Effective April 24th
Today March 21, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an advance copy of a notice in the Federal Register ending four Biden-era parole programs for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV). When The temporary parole period of aliens in the United States under the CHNV parole programs will…
BREAKING UPDATE ON TPS FOR HAITI: DHS Secretary Reduces TPS extension to 12 months, ending August 3rd
The first 30 days of the Trump administration have involved dismantling Biden-era immigration protections including ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans, and now Haitians. Before leaving office, the former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas had extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for Haiti for an…
Texas Congresswoman Pushes to Legalize Dreamers
Source: FlickrAttribution mollyktadams U.S. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia of the state of Texas is leading a renewed push to create a pathway to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Currently, DACA recipients are allowed to renew their DACA benefits but the future of the program remains uncertain. Following…
Manténgase al día con Presidente Trump: Revocación inminente de la permanencia temporal CHNV, Reanudación de Servicio de Visas en la Embajada Bogotá, Colombia, y Memorando del Departamento de Justicia sobre la Ley Laken Riley
La administración Trump planea revocar la libertad condicional CHNV dejando a miles sin estatus legal En un sorprendente giro, CBS News ha publicado nueva información sobre planes inminentes de la administración Trump para revocar el estatus legal de aquellos a quienes se les concedió un permiso de permanencia temporal en…
Keeping up with Trump: Imminent Revocation of CHNV Parole, Resumption of Visa Services at U.S. Embassy Bogotá, Colombia, and DOJ Enforcement Memo on the Laken Riley Act
Trump Administration Plans Revocation of CHNV Parole Leaving Thousands Without Legal Status In a shocking turn of events, new information has been released by CBS News about the Trump administration’s imminent plans to revoke the legal status of those who were granted humanitarian parole under the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and…