Intelligencer has written this article (The New Court Tactic Helping ICE Deport Immigrants) about how federal prosecutors are dismissing immigration cases in court which renders the person seeking relief unauthorized and open to deportation. ICE, in the courthouse, can detain these immigrants.
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WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security is announcing a final rule, effective Oct. 2, 2025, to streamline the filing process for certain temporary agricultural worker petitions.The new rule allows U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to begin processing petitions for H-2A temporary agricultural workers while the Department of Labor reviews the requested employment to ensure it would not harm American workers.“This change allows USCIS to support American farmers in their critical work for our nation while also ensuring that they hire thoroughly screened and vetted foreign labor. When migrants choose legal pathways to employment in the United States, it is beneficial for American businesses, the public’s confidence in the rule of law, and the foreign workers themselves,” said USCIS Spokesperson Matthew Tragesser.Beginning Oct.2, petitioners seeking unnamed beneficiaries can electronically file the newly published Form I-129H2A, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker: H-2A Classification, after DOL issues a notice of acceptance of the application for temporary labor certification (TLC) and before DOL approves a TLC. Petitioners must provide the ETA case number issued by DOL with the initial filing. This allows USCIS to immediately begin processing electronically filed petitions with unnamed beneficiaries and gives petitioners the flexibility to file with USCIS sooner. USCIS will not approve any petitions until after DOL has approved the corresponding TLC.The TLC serves as DHS’s consultation with the DOL regarding whether an able, willing, and qualified U.S. worker is available to fill the petitioning H-2A employer’s job opportunity and whether an alien worker’s employment in the job opportunity will adversely affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers.The newly developed streamlined version of Form I-129, called Form I-129H2A, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker: H-2A Classification, can only be filed online by uploading the completed PDF in a USCIS online account. USCIS will reject any paper filed Form I-129H2A petitions. At this time, we are only accepting Form I-129H2A for petitioners seeking unnamed beneficiaries filing without Form G-28. In the coming weeks, we will expand availability of Form I-129H2A to H-2A petitioners seeking named beneficiaries or filing with Form G-28. For petitioners who prefer to file their H-2A petition by paper, there is no change, and they must continue to use Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker. The procedural change in this rule does not apply to H-2A petitions with named beneficiaries or to H-2A petitioners who file by paper. These petitioners must continue to submit petitions to USCIS only after DOL approves the TLC application.For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit uscis.gov or follow us on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn. -
In this article and 28-minute video, the Border Report (reporters Rudy Mireles and Sandra Sanchez) from Harlingen, Texas provides a quick explainer of some immigration basics: Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Title 8 (US Immigration Law), ICE, family separations, immigration courts, and a former immigration judge talking about reviewing the cases of unaccompanied minors.
Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@BorderReport.com.
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Heather Cox Richardson provides this historic perspective on Immigrants and The Economy
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The Center for Immigration Studies Executive Director, Mark Krikorian, interviewed the Director of USCIS, Jospeh Edlow. Watch the video of the conversation here. Topics covered include: asylum abuse, new screening and vetting measures, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), chain migration, and fraud.
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The Mayors Migration Council has issued a report “Cities Leading Regular Migration Pathways in the Americas” which highlights roles that cities (throughout the western hemisphere) are playing in migration today. This report highlights some examples where cities are strengthening the entire community by improving the migrant experiece and promoting migration governance.
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The National Immigration Project joined the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy to launch Mapping Deportations, a website and organizing tool that traces deportation orders since the federal government began collecting this data.
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This article says that international student enrollment in universities in the United States is down 19% this year to 313,000 for their freshman year.
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The International Refugee Assistance Project has published this Explainer on the Travel Ban which :
Prohibits the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants into the U.S. from these 12 countries:
● Afghanistan
● Burma
● Chad
● Republic of the Congo
● Equatorial Guinea
● Eritrea
● Haiti
● Iran
● Libya
● Somalia
● Sudan
● YemenProhibits entry of immigrants and some nonimmigrants from these 7 countries:
● Burundi
● Cuba
● Laos
● Sierra Leone
● Togo
● Turkmenistan
● Venezuela
For these seven countries, the ban also directs consular officers to reduce the validity of
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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.
