ICE Arrests At Green Card Interviews Spark Worries
What to Know Before Your Green-Card Interview: 2025 Alert What’s changing — Why you should be on guard Beginning around mid-November 2025, immigrants attending what were once considered routine green-card interviews at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offices — including spouses of U.S. citizens — have been unexpectedly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
Federal Judge Strikes Down Detention Policy
Federal Judge Strikes Down DHS Detention Policy, Opening Path to Bond Hearings for Thousands A California federal judge has delivered a major blow to a Trump administration immigration policy, potentially allowing thousands of detained immigrants to seek release while their cases proceed through the court system. The ruling Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes certified a class […]
Judge Blocks Trump’s Move to End Deferred Action for Abused Youth
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Administration Acted Unlawfully in Halting Immigration Protections for Abused Youth In a significant rebuke to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, a federal judge has ordered the government to resume processing protection requests for young immigrants who have suffered abuse or neglect. The Wednesday ruling marks another instance where federal courts have found […]
Trump Administration Proposes Public Charge Reversal
Trump Administration Proposes New Public Charge Rule: What Green Card Applicants Need to Know On November 18, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a proposal that would dramatically change how the government applies the public charge rule to immigrants seeking lawful permanent residence. If finalized, this change would roll back the 2022 Biden-era […]
DHS Reassigns Agents to Deportations at a Cost
DHS Reassigns Thousands of Agents to Deportations: What This Means for My Practice After over two decades practicing immigration law in my 33 years of legal practice, I’ve weathered plenty of enforcement shifts. But what’s happening at DHS right now is unprecedented—and it’s already changing how I represent clients. A recent New York Times investigation […]
Naturalized Citizens Face New Fears Under Trump
Naturalized U.S. Citizens Face New Fears Under Trump’s Immigration Policies A recent ABC News/Associated Press report highlights growing anxiety among naturalized U.S. citizens as the Trump administration expands enforcement and denaturalization efforts. Many immigrants who believed citizenship provided permanent protection now worry that their status may not be as secure as they once thought. Citizens […]
Trump Plans to Limit Green Cards for Those From Travel Ban Countries
Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban Could Block Green Cards for Immigrants from 12+ Countries – What You Need to Know As an immigration lawyer with over 23 years of experience helping families navigate U.S. visa and residency processes, I’m closely monitoring the Trump administration’s latest moves on immigration policy. A new report from The New York […]
Catholic Bishops Denounce Harsh Immigration Enforcement
U.S. Catholic Bishops Raise Concerns Over Immigration Enforcement A strong moral response to immigration crackdowns Leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have issued a powerful statement denouncing recent U.S. immigration enforcement actions. The bishops describe a “crisis of human dignity and religious liberty,” warning that fear and separation are spreading among […]
Trump Administration May End OPT
New Immigration Rule May Significantly Impact Student Practical Training Programs International students and recent graduates working in the United States under Optional Practical Training (OPT) may face significant changes as the Trump administration prepares to introduce a new rule that could restrict or eliminate this popular program. What is OPT? Optional Practical Training allows international […]
Police Officer Released on Immigration Bond
ICE Releases Hanover Park Police Officer After Controversial Arrest A Hanover Park police officer has been released on bond following what local officials are calling a questionable arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, raising concerns about federal immigration enforcement tactics. The controversial arrest Radule Bojovic, 25, was arrested by ICE agents on October […]