"'We were seeing signs of the revitalizing industry in Springfield but those gains have been moderated by more recent losses that coincide with federal attacks on TPS...To have such an important community under threat is really destabilizing.'" wapo.st/4z1bS9l

"Frank-Vitale said she started noticing last summer that immigration judges were considering pretermissions at a greater scale...DHS is also moving to end the cases through pretermissions to send immigrants to countries they are not from." bit.ly/4zKaqYM

"Since President Trump returned to office, immigrants and activists have described haphazard health care and poor conditions at detention centers run by ICE. The number of immigrants deaths in ICE custody has nearly doubled under the Trump administration." nyti.ms/4zDvRL6

"Federal law gives unaccompanied minors a right to an attorney, and HHS’ own regulations stipulate they should receive a legal orientation from an independent provider. Historically, that’s been done by a network of experienced nonprofits." bit.ly/4enSFpX

"Immigration attorneys have warned that these new 'pop-up' courts have the potential to confuse those who are seeking to show up but then ultimately cannot find the court, denying them the right to due process." bit.ly/4yBsZO7

"The Trump administration cut legal immigration in half early this year with policies blocking visas for immigrants from nearly half the globe." nyti.ms/4k5eYEr

"In addition to compliance challenges for employers, the enforcement actions also could disrupt the lives of many workers who aren’t able to continue working on H-1Bs if PERM applications are blocked" - AILA President Elect, Alexis Axelrad bit.ly/4swK0Yp

"DHS said final decisions on the fate of the humanitarian immigration programs will 'be made at the appropriate time.' Until such decisions are announced, DHS added, nationals of Ukraine and Sudan enrolled in the TPS program will 'retain protection.'" cbsn.ws/4zxuE7W

"A group of attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the accelerated immigration process for unaccompanied migrant children, saying the Trump administration’s policies are unlawful." cnn.it/4zF6t7V

"California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued US Department of Homeland Security Thursday, saying that the Trump administration’s unlawful decision to arrest immigrants near California courthouses 'systematically made our communities less safe.'" bit.ly/4dFWOFv

"A federal judge on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s lawsuit against New York City’s sanctuary laws, ruling that the U.S. government can’t compel police officials and other city agencies to help enforce civil immigration laws." nyti.ms/4hXS3Z7

"A 7-year-old agreed to voluntarily leave the country without a lawyer present to explain the legal consequences of the decision. In Arizona, an immigration judge ordered a 1-year-old baby appearing without a lawyer to file an asylum application." nyti.ms/4jWx37E

"The suit accused both the ICE contractor and the hotel of detaining Galvis and her child for profit, and alleged the companies engaged in a civil conspiracy by working together to use the hotel room as a detention cell." bit.ly/4jjF9al

"A federal judge in San Diego ordered DHS on Wednesday to reopen the diversity visa lottery for 2027, also known as the Green Card Lottery...preliminary injunction will allow for up to 55,000 people from around the world to apply for permanent residence." bit.ly/4e8ivOE

"Seven people detained previously by ICE filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the agency, accusing it of illegally refusing to return their personal documents and belongings months after they were released from custody." bit.ly/4B7lEbe

AILA Affiliated Paralegal Erick Assis shares how he applies "a layer of review that operates after the completeness check and before submission" to ensure each piece of evidence maps to a specific element of the legal standard on the cases he works on. aila.org/library/think-immig…

"City officials said the federal agency disregarded requirements to thoroughly consider the plan’s environmental consequences and consider reasonable alternatives in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act." bit.ly/4yYIIrl

"Police chiefs are signing lucrative agreements to deputize cops as deportation agents without approval from elected officials — with some then finding themselves facing a wall of local resistance." bit.ly/4B6vo5M

Join the AILA New York Chapter on December 7, 2026, for its 25th Annual Immigration Law Symposium, a full day of in-depth education, practical guidance, and expert analysis on the latest issues affecting immigration practitioners. aila.org/shop/products/view/…

"According to the Washington Examiner, the administration is launching a 45-day enforcement surge, starting in San Diego. Quoting sources, the newspaper said agents were instructed to go after anybody, regardless of criminal history." bit.ly/4sc15GH