Fees, forms, rules and court cases from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, explained the day they change.
Eight civil rights groups sued USCIS and DHS, alleging their voter-investigation initiative intimidates naturalized citizens and seeking to stop investigations and ballot challenges.
The Fourth Circuit ordered the BIA to assess new evidence alongside the existing record in Honduran asylum seeker Jenyfer Fajardo-Rivas’s case.
Minnesota and other states urged an appeals court to block the end of Somalia’s TPS designation while recipients challenge the termination.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the 10-day deadline for refugees to contest termination of their status through November 6 while a lawsuit proceeds.
USCIS opened a fee-free process for eligible Sileiri Doe class members to request reconsideration of certain immigration benefit decisions tied to the April 2025 parole termination.
Columbia spent $200,000 lobbying in the third quarter, including against H-1B fees, as a federal judge blocked the fee rule again.
DOJ filed denaturalization actions against 40 naturalized citizens, asking federal courts to revoke citizenship over alleged concealment or serious crimes.
SEVP’s CPT guidance has led Northwestern to tighten F-1 internship approvals, while higher-education groups seek a court order blocking the change.
Instacart will pay $5 million and provide compensation to U.S. workers allegedly disadvantaged in PERM recruitment from December 2023 to February 2026.
After Haiti’s TPS termination took effect in July, U.S. authorities returned 749 Haitians, leaving some deportees without family or livelihoods in Haiti.
Six legal-aid organizations sued over short-notice USCIS asylum interviews and expedited removal proceedings for unaccompanied children.
Authorities arrested a former USCIS officer and an alleged intermediary over claims they took bribes to manipulate immigration cases, potentially prompting individual file reviews.
A California federal court vacated USCIS’s Diversity Visa adjustment hold, prompting the agency to resume ordinary review of affected FY 2026 cases.
A California federal court ordered USCIS to resume ordinary processing for qualifying pending applications subject to two nationality-based holds.
Federal prosecutors charged a Miami man with allegedly falsifying disability certifications to help naturalization applicants bypass citizenship tests.
USCIS resumed processing benefits for nationals of 39 countries after a federal court overturned policies freezing their applications.
DOJ filed civil denaturalization actions against 10 naturalized citizens over alleged criminal conduct and immigration fraud.
