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Immigration Detentions Jump 50% This Year Under Trump
ICE detention climbed to 58,766 on Sept. 7, 2025, driven by interior arrests and expanded enforcement; 70.8% lack criminal convictions.…
ICE Reinstates Detainee Flights from Hanscom Airport Amid Surge
In early September 2025 ICE returned detainee flights to Hanscom Field under Operation Patriot 2.0 after a summer shift to…
DHS Overhauls School and Student Forms for 2025–2026 Reporting
Federal proposals would expand Form I-17 and I-20 data fields and require five years of disaggregated IPEDS admissions data, with…
EB Green Card Hope Rises Despite Backlogs and Visa Limits
September 2025 sees no visa bulletin movement; most employment-based categories will hit FY2025 caps by late September. USCIS uses Final…
Nepal DV Lottery Cutoffs in October 2025: October vs September
DV-2026 began October 2025 with Nepal’s cutoff reset to 6,000 (Asia 10,000), not a loss but a standard fiscal-year restart.…
India Family Preference Changes in October 2025: A FY2026 Preview
October 2025 opens FY2026 with F2A gaining +17 months Final Action (01FEB24) and Filing to 22SEP25. F1, F2B, F3 advanced…
Did F1 Visa Dates Move in October 2025 Versus September 2025?
The October 2025 Visa Bulletin advanced F1 Final Action Dates—most notably worldwide/China/India by nearly four months—while DFF largely stayed the…
October 2025 F2A Final Action Dates: Implications for Spouses
October 2025 advanced F2A Final Action Dates to Feb 1, 2024 (most) and Feb 1, 2023 (Mexico); Filing Dates are…