Immigration Law Office of Clark Trainor https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Axios: ICE Ordered to Fix “Squalid” Conditions at NYC Detention Facility ICYMI: DOS Announces Expanded Online Presence Review for I, TN, and TD Applicants New York Times: U.S. Citizen Injured During Mistaken Detention by ICE Near Chicago Texas Tribune: ICE Officer Shoots, Injures Man in Austin, Officials Say Associated Press: ICE Hides Locations of Thousands of Detainees With Final Removal Orders President Issues New H-1B Executive Order and Extends Entry Restrictions Washington Sun: Two Former DHS Chiefs Call for an Agencywide ‘Reset’ DHS OIG Releases Report Finding Multiple Detention Standard Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” District Court Enjoins DHS “Duration of Status” Rule Stateline: Mixed-Status Immigrant Households Expected to Lose Benefits Under New Public Charge Rule USCIS Announces H-2B Cap Reached for First Half of FY27 NPR: New Report Shows the Economic Toll of ICE Raids BIA Holds That DHS May Mail NTA to the Most Recent Address the Noncitizen Provided, Overruling Matter of G–Y–R– DHS Publishes Rule on LPR Eligibility for Certain U.S.-Born Children Practice Alert: DHS Fails to Make an Official Determination on TPS El Salvador WGBH: Immigrants Here Under DACA and TPS Face Tougher Travel Restrictions Under New Federal Rule The Guardian: U.S. Immigration Judges Told to Slash Time Given to People Awaiting Visas or Green Cards Before Being Deported Practice Alert: USCIS Provides 30-Day Grace Period for New Form I-864 and Associated Forms NOTUS: Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Latest Effort to Restrict Birthright Citizenship Practice Alert: USCIS Transfers Pending EB-5 I-485 Cases to TSC and Issues Medical RFEs Practice Alert: Updates on Pause on Decisions for Travel Ban Countries AILA and Members Sue Administration Over Arbitrary Mandatory Form Changes Forbes: Employment-Based Immigration Backlog Exceeds 1.2 Million PeopleTRAC: Asylum Denials Rise to 94% Amid the Remaking of the Immigration Court TRAC: Asylum Denials Rise to 94% Amid the Remaking of the Immigration Court Practice Alert: DOS Launches $750 Pilot for Expedited B-1/B-2 Visa Interviews ABC13: Final Witness of Fatal ICE Shooting in Houston Released from Detention Center, Attorney Says Practice Alert: New Edition of Form I-864 Required Effective August 31—No Grace Period ProPublica: These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days. Practice Alert: Visa Bond Program for B-1/B-2 Applicants USCIS Publishes New Edition of Form I-864, Effective Immediately CBS News: Immigration Judge in Chicago Orders 6 Children Deported After Courts Deemed Them Abandoned Washington Post: Immigration Officers Are Being Diverted to Trump’s Voter-Fraud Effort Practice Alert: DOS Will Pause Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Countries Associated Press: US Set for Largest Mass Visa Revocation in History Targeting Up to 200,000 Foreigners, Officials Say Practice Pointer: 540-Day TPS EAD Auto-Extensions Cut Short by OBBBA NPR: Trump Administration’s 75-Country Visa Ban Was Illegal, Judge Rules Trump Administration Proposes Astronomical H‑1B Fees, Undermining U.S. Innovation WLRN: Scammers Use AI to Impersonate Immigration Attorneys to Dupe Immigrants With Fake Legal Services Practice Alert: DOS Implements Public Charge Bond Pilot for Certain Immigrant Visa Applicants New York Times: Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children The Council: A Decade of USCIS Data on Employment‑Based Petitions New York Times: Judge Orders New Oversight of Immigrant Children’s Detention USCIS Announces New Edition of Form I-485 NOTUS: Deportations Are Spiking. Judges Say Their Hands Are Being Forced Fourth Circuit Holds That Pursuing an I-601A Provisional Waiver Does Not Shield Noncitizens from Arrest, Detention, or Removal DOS Announces Expansion of Expedited B Visa Appointment Pilot Program NPR: ICE Detained a Venezuelan Soccer Pro. His Case Shows the Immigration Backlog Crisis Reuters: U.S. Judge Clears Way for Trump to End Somalis’ Deportation Protections Home Page 01 Blog