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DTLA Court Weighs Ending Flores Settlement, Impacting Child Detention

Judge Dolly Gee reviews efforts to end the Flores Settlement, which limits child detention conditions and time. Advocates cite rising…

Demand for Immigration Lawyers Soars 40% in July Amid Backlog

July 2025 saw a 40% surge in demand for immigration lawyers amid a 3.7 million-case backlog and policy changes. Nearly…

Cleveland Court Case Exposes Trump Policies Stripping Immigrants’ Due Process

In 2025, federal policy sped deportations in Cleveland by permitting judges to decide asylum from files, shrinking hearing access while…

What Trump’s sanctuary list means for 25 excluded New York counties

On August 5–6, 2025, the DOJ published a 35-jurisdiction list under Executive Order 14287, keeping New York State, New York…

Oklahoma Joins States Asking Appeals Court to Overturn Texas Immigration Ruling

Oklahoma and 22 attorneys general requested en banc review in August 2025 to overturn a July 2025 Fifth Circuit injunction…

NY Law Schools Report Rising Interest in Immigration Classes, Clinics

New York law schools expanded immigration clinics in 2025 as student demand grew. NYU and NYLS offer courtroom-focused clinics; CUNY…

Vietnam’s New 2025 Work Permit Rules: Decree 219 Updates and Impact

Effective 8 August 2025, Decree No. 219/2025 replaces Decree No. 70/2023 by requiring a single Form No. 03 dossier filed…

Wrongfully Deported in South Texas: Family Faces Ankle Monitor, Hearings

Jaime Galvan Sanchez, wrongfully deported in January 2025 after a traffic stop, was re-admitted with an ankle monitor but cannot…