News Bulletin

Immigration in Pandemic Times, Vol. 1, No. 9

As schools across the country continue to announce shifts to online education and the COVID-19 crisis continues to worsen across that nation, the Trump administration continues to take severe steps against immigration under the guise of controlling the pandemic. A federal judge ruled on Friday, June 26, that all migrant children in family detention centers must be released by mid-July because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge Dolly M. Gee...

Immigration in Pandemic Times Vol. 1, No.8

Using the pandemic as a cover, there have been increasing attempts by the Trump administration to limit immigration to the United States. Read more, below. As of June 22, the USCIS has announced a change to try to stop undocumented immigrants from entering the US illegally. This new rule overlooks intent and instead prevents all undocumented immigrants who entered without legal status from obtaining employment permission when their asylum...

Immigration in Pandemic Times Vol. 1, No. 7

ICE continues to ignore COVID-19 regulations in detention facilities, while asylum seekers struggle to gain entry to the United States. However, we had a huge win this week when the Supreme Court held that the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA was arbitrary and capricious. You can read more about that here and sign up for upcoming virtual clinics here. ICE refuses to make compromises for the sake of...

Immigration in Pandemic Times Vol. 1, No. 6

Although many states have begun re-opening businesses and life is starting to return to normal, minorities continue to face the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. A video posted on June 5 shows HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) officers shoving a peacefully protesting, unarmed Puerto Rican man to the ground in a New York City George Floyd rally. The officials in question were part of the team deployed by ICE (Immigration...

Immigration in Pandemic Times Vol. 1, No. 5

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to shed light on the basic inequalities of our society. This week’s immigration news related to the virus, below: On May 19, the Trump administration announced that border restrictions would continue indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the CDC has defended the restrictions, the now-stringent policies regulating entry into the US have severely decreased the amount of people legally allowed into the country. Despite...

Immigration In Pandemic Times Vol. 1, No. 3

Catch all our coverage of the news as it pertains to immigration in these pandemic times by subscribing to our feed and following our blog here. True to our analysis about the short-sightedness of immigration travel bans, several virologists have theorized that the ensuing rush of Americans trying to come back home from Europe after the Trump administration announced a ban on all travel from the continent, may be...

Immigration In Pandemic Times Vol. 1, No. 2

See Vol. 1, No. 1 here A quick immigration news round-up this week: The United States continues to flout its international law obligations by expelling thousands of child migrants by using COVID-19 as the reason. In a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld part of the federal anti-harboring statute that outlaws encouraging undocumented immigrants to remain in the country unlawfully. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had held...

Immigration In Pandemic Times Vol. 1, No. 1

While we are quarantined, we plan to do quick summaries of immigration news for our clients and visitors to this site. If enough people find this useful, we may continue to do so when our physical office reopen. A quick immigration news round-up this week: A federal judge in Oregon has refused to suspend President Donald Trump’s recent presidential proclamation that put a 60-day ban on immigrant visas for...