Category: Judicial & Courts
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The American Immigration Council posted a summary of a new BIA (Board of Immigration Appeals) decision which requires people who crossed the border unlawfuly to be subject to mandatory detention and ineligible or bond release. Read their explanation here.
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A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside. Listen to This American Life, with Ira Glass (art by Jane Rosenberg)
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The CATO Institute reports that data from ICE/DHS shows that one in five ICE arrests are Latinos on the street with no criminal past and no removal order. This means, according to the article, that these people have likely been profiled and randomly picked up instead of their arrests being the result of careful research…
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The federal government is raising immigration-related fees over the course of the next few months. These new fees are summarized in this National Immigrant Justice Center explainer and include fees for changes of status applications, work permit applications, court fees, annual fees. There is a handy chart at the bottom of the explainer which summarizes…
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The CGRS (Center for Gender and Refugee Studies) reports that in the case of “Matter of KESG” (KESG = initials of the Salvadoran woman seeking asylum) the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled against asylum. Legal precedent over decades established that women are targeted and persecuted b/c they are women. This case decision seeks to provide…
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link to article By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 17, 2025 “Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and…
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Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges across ten states | AP News
Immigration Insight 