Immigration Status
Coverage of U.S. immigration statuses and humanitarian protections including DACA, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and asylum.
Asylum hotel use rises 8% year‑on‑year under Labour, Home Office shows
In 2024–25 hotel accommodation for asylum seekers rose sharply to 47% by March 2025, with London hosting 19%. Nightly costs dropped to £119, but hotels cost about six times more…
Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration to End TPS for 60,000
The Ninth Circuit’s August 20, 2025 stay lets DHS resume terminating TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal, affecting…
Furious council discovers hundreds of hidden asylum seekers shipped into city
Councils say sudden, unannounced relocations of asylum seekers—amid 78,745 cases pending—are overwhelming services. They call for advance notice…
Eligible for Canadian Asylum but Trapped in U.S. ICE Detention: Options and Risks
Bill C-2 (June 2025) narrows asylum eligibility with a 14‑day bar for irregular crossings and a one‑year filing…
Hundreds Protest Outside Asylum Hotel After Migrant Arrested For Assault
A protest on August 17, 2025, at Britannia International Hotel followed a migrant’s arrest and led to six…
No Evidence Canada Is Barring Visited Dissidents From Asylum Hearings
No official evidence by August 18, 2025, shows Canada plans to deny asylum hearings to foreign dissidents due…
DACA Recipients Continue Facing Detention Despite Legal Protections
A January 17, 2025 Fifth Circuit decision declared DACA unlawful while preserving renewals for current recipients and recent…
Syrian asylum seeker, 18, denies raping 20-year-old woman in Bournemouth toilet
Claims on 16 August 2025 that an 18-year-old Syrian asylum seeker appeared in court over a Bournemouth seafront…
High Court grants temporary ban on arrivals at Epping asylum hotel
On August 12, 2025 the council applied for a High Court interim injunction to halt asylum placements at…
Epping council tells court Bell Hotel asylum housing is ‘very serious problem’
On 15 August 2025 the High Court will consider Epping Forest Council’s bid to stop the Bell Hotel’s…