State Department

Lal Legal Sues State Department Over Denial of U.S. Passport Renewal

Our lawsuit against the State Department over denial of a U.S. passport to a U.S. citizen is featured in Prism News this week. The case concerns the State Department practice of denying U.S. passports to Americans due to delayed registrations of their birth, and placing higher burdens on Americans to prove the fact of their births. The Department has engaged in this racist and nefarious practice for more than...

U.S. To Start Accepting Some Central American Refugees

The Department of State is rolling out a new proposal to allow some Central American youth to claim refugee status. The caveat is that instead of embarking on a dangerous journey to the United States, these young people must attain refugee status within their own respective countries, and must have a qualifying lawfully present relative already present in the United States. Additionally, the number of youth eligible for the...