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Uptake of ICE Arrests at U.S. Airports
The New York Times reported twenty-five arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at more than a dozen U.S. airports. This is part of new ICE strategy targeting foreign nationals with expired visas at airports specifically. Initially, ICE operations at airports targeted individuals with court-approved removal orders. This new plan...
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Birthright Citizenship Appeal Deadline Passes
AP News reported the twenty-five-day grace period elapsed on July 28, 2026. This means the Supreme Court won’t reconsider its decision regarding birthright citizenship. This was despite a promise by the U.S. government in the wake of the original Supreme Court’s original decision. Background On January 20, 2025, the White...
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Asylum Rates Impacted by U.S. Government Policy
The U.S. government made claiming asylum increasingly difficult over the course of the past eighteen months. According to NPR, these changes further complicate an already stressful system with more than one million pending cases. In its most recently proposed change, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would refer certain asylum...
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Increase In Denaturalization Operations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) expanded its denaturalization operations. According to USA Today, the department wants two hundred and fifty denaturalization cases by October 2026. As of July 22, its filed roughly eighty-nine cases since the start of the current administration. This is four times what the Biden administration reached...
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DHS Proposes Asylum System Changes
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a rule change to the asylum system. The interim final rule lets USCIS refer certain affirmative asylum applications directly to Immigration Judges without interviewing the applicant first. It applies mainly to cases that appear barred or...
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