Immigration Law Tracker

San Francisco's 100 Montgomery immigration court closed Friday, ending decades as the city's main hub.

• Emotional farewell: Attorneys and fired...

• Industry Celebration: Phoenix Border Security Expo draws 2,000 attendees applauding speakers like Tom Homan vowing mass deportations, with 193...

• Process begins with I-130: Every family case starts here; errors and missing docs cause most delays.
• May 2026 USCIS I-130 update: Processing times...

Municipal trend intensifying against ICE amid Trump deportations:

• Philadelphia codifies sanctuary policies into law: bans ICE raids on city...

• Unprecedented Scale: Trump's ICE arrested parents of 27,000-32,000 children—including 12,000 U.S. citizens—in just 7 months, with deportations...

Multi-angle scrutiny intensifies on Trump-era policies:

• Appeals courts divided: 11th and 2nd Circuits rule against mandatory detention for interior...

ICE plans to scrap its shortened training program for new immigration officers, addressing criticism from Democrats and former law enforcement over whether recruits were being rushed into service.

Dozens rallied May 6 outside Varick St. court against DHS seeking 150 parking spots nearby, chanting No hate, no fear, no ICE parking here.

• Signs...

Human cost of detention: Rodney Taylor, a Gwinnett County double amputee barber detained a year at Stewart Center, suffered serious health...

Federal-local immigration clash heats up:

• DOJ sues NM and Albuquerque over HB 9 (Immigrant Safety Act) and O-26-15 ordinance, blocking federal use...

• Enforcement backfire: ICE raids reduce employment for U.S.-born workers, not just undocumented ones.
• Undocumented jobs drop 4-5% from raids and checkpoints.
• Broader economic drag challenges strict policy assumptions.

Key judicial limit on ICE powers: Federal Judge Beryl Howell upheld the injunction barring warrantless arrests of undocumented immigrants in D.C.

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In western Queens' NYS Senate District 12 race, immigrant communities drive political battles between incumbent Steven Raga and DSA-backed Aber...

Asylum processing failure exposed: Pregnant Syrian woman, homeless in Iowa after aging out foster care, sues DHS/USCIS for ignoring 30-day work...

Trump's DOJ accelerated Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's deportation case via internal memos urging "process as quickly as possible".

• Board...

Major win for asylum seekers: D.C. Circuit ruled Trump's Day 1 proclamation shutting down border asylum unlawful, rejecting 212(f) claims and false...

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) lacks a clean, simple definition of unauthorized employment, but in practice, it means working for a U.S. employer while in the U.S. without valid work authorization.

U.S. presidential administrations have historically accreted executive power in immigration control by relying on racial profiling in interior enforcement and using threats of immigration detention.

Ongoing border leaks persist despite admin boasts:

• SABRE detects 200-300 crossers/month, ~33% apprehended.
• Agents reassigned to Laredo for rising...

Your first immigration court hearing is the master calendar hearing—check if it's in-person or online and review the 10 key things to know.