Immigration News

Jessica, a client of one of the Immigration Justice Campaign’s volunteer attorneys, was fully prepared to prove to an immigration judge that she’d be persecuted if she returned to Ecuador. After all, she’d fled to the U.S. after testifying in open court against a criminal group — who had murdered both her husband and the […]

Eight years ago, President Trump made history by invoking an obscure authority, section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to “suspend the entry” of nationals of multiple Muslim-majority nations. After two versions of the ban were initially struck down in court, the Supreme Court upheld a third version, which remained in effect until President

Texas leaders cannot keep legislating immigration policy from a place of political posturing and profound misunderstanding. Before drafting new laws—or undoing long-standing ones—they must first grasp the fundamentals of how our immigration system works and who it affects. On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to invalidate the Texas Dream

On June 6, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, hosted a hearing titled “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Lawless Third Country Disappearances.” The hearing pertained to investigating the cases of immigrants lawlessly kidnapped and disappeared to third countries like El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica, South Sudan, and

On Tuesday, May 27, the international exchange and education community was dealt yet another blow when the Trump administration temporarily paused scheduling new F, M, and J visa appointments.  Politico reported that a cable sent to all embassies and consular posts by Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for consular sections to “not add any additional student or

In a legislative session marked by political division and increasingly polarized rhetoric, the Texas Dream Act endured. The win affirms that all Texas high school graduates—regardless of immigration status—will continue to have access to higher education. Despite nine separate bills filed to repeal this landmark 2001 law—including HB 232 and SB 1798—not a single one

Written by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Senior Fellow; and Adriel Orozco, Senior Policy Counsel As the Trump administration continued to ramp up immigration enforcement measures across the United States last week, new “red flags” emerged; policy measures that dramatically impact the basic rights of immigrants in this country or that erode basic legal protections and good governance.