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All persons in the United States have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. If you find you have to deal with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other law enforcement officers at home, on the...

On its first day in office, the Trump administration published a series of executive orders impacting immigration and the federal agencies charged with the administration of immigration benefits and enforcement actions. We...

As background, if an asylum application is not decided within 180 days, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may provide employment authorization to the asylum applicant. The running of this 180-day waiting...

On January 10, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the administration would extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadoran, Sudanese, Ukrainian and Venezuelan immigrants who currently...

Under a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule, asylum officers (AOs) are allowed to apply national security, public safety, criminal history, persecution, and terrorism-related bars to asylum and withholding of...