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Santa Monica Leads Challenge to Disaster-Prep Funding Tied to Immigration Enforcement
Santa Monica joined other cities suing to block federal rules that tie disaster preparedness grants to immigration-enforcement cooperation. Plaintiffs say…
Permanent Citizenship: Why States May Not Grant and Revoke
Courts, led by the First Circuit, have blocked a Trump executive order aimed at narrowing birthright citizenship, holding that the…
UCLA Faculty Analyze California’s New Immigration Enforcement Laws
On September 20, 2025, California passed five laws limiting immigration enforcement in schools and healthcare: requiring officer ID, banning masks…
Freeing a Wrongly Detained Imam Won’t Fix Immigration Law, Zorn Warns
A wrongly detained imam’s release reveals systemic immigration failures: outdated laws, nearly 3.9 million court backlogs, and funding favoring enforcement.…
Could Your Asylum Case Be Dismissed Over the $100 Annual Fee?
Starting in 2025, asylum applicants must pay a $100 filing fee and $100 annually while cases remain pending. USCIS rules…
Indian Man Avoids Immigration Penalties After Voyeurism in Ontario
An Ontario man convicted of voyeurism avoided deportation after his sentence was reduced to 5.5 months, keeping it under Canada’s…
False Claims Act Expands to Immigration in Federal Work, DOJ Enforces
Since May 2025 DOJ added immigration violations to its whistleblower program, pairing FCA enforcement with criminal statutes. NDAA 2025 raised…
Immigration Judge Shira Levin Dismissed as Court Turnover Surges
Judge Shira M. Levine was removed mid‑hearing in September 2025; she had a 97.9% asylum grant rate across 920 cases.…