DOJ Hires Immigration Judges

DOJ Hires Immigration Judges After Firings, Resignations According to Oklahoma public radio station KGOU, the Department of Justice hired 36 new immigration judges to replace 125 lost in the last 10 months due to firings and resignations. The Justice Department has hired 36 new immigration judges, including 25 temporary ones, marking the first group to […]

Oklahoma State Immigration Law Tied Up in Court

Oklahoma State Immigration Law Tied Up in Court KOSU reported on a 2024 state immigration law currently before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Oklahoma’s Immigration Law (HB 4156): Oklahoma passed House Bill 4156 in 2024, creating a new state crime called “impermissible occupation” that explicitly punishes violations of federal illegal entry and reentry laws. […]

Oklahoma Troopers Arrest Alleged Undocumented Truckers

Oklahoma Troopers Arrest Alleged Undocumented Truckers KOSU reported on October 1 that, “Oklahoma troopers arrest more than 100 people in 3‑day immigration blitz.” According to KOSU, a public radio station in Oklahoma: Over a three-day immigration operation, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and its partners arrested 120 people. The operation took place at a weigh-station/port of entry […]

BIA decision strips Immigration Judges of bond authority

BIA decision strips Immigration Judges of bond authority A Board of Immigration Appeals decision stripped Immigration Judges of the authority to issue bonds. Please see this excellent analysis by the American Immigration Council. On September 5, 2025, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)—the appellate body within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration […]

Trump plans to help white European refugees

Trump wants to help white European ‘refugees’ Per The New York Times, the “proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.” The program would give preference to white Europeans who oppose immigration in […]

Family farm faces immigrant worker shortage

Idaho family farm reports worker shortages amid immigration crackdown A family farm in Idaho reports worker shortages amidst the Trump administration’s immigration crack down. Again and again, we see that American workers do not want these jobs. Has anyone tried to fill those jobs with American workers? Experiments like California’s “Take Our Jobs” campaign (2010, […]

Operation Freaky Friday

Operation Freaky Friday targets migrant children ICE has began targeting undocumented migrant children in an operation allegedly called “Freaky Friday.” It has been a rough 10 months in the immigration world. It is only getting rougher. Overview Operation “Freaky Friday” refers to a controversial U.S. immigration enforcement initiative launched by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

Scheduling immigrant visa interviews in Ciudad Juarez

Many people are reporting that they cannot get an immigrant visa interview at the U.S Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Please note that the consulate is apparently only scheduling interviews in small blocks. So, you may find that no appointments are available online at http://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-mx/iv or by calling 1 (703) 249-4628. My office checks daily […]