Under a new rule announced on July 27, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers reviewing asylum applications will be authorized to skip interviews with applicants and refer cases directly to immigration court. However, the courts are accused of…
A lawsuit filed on June 7 in federal court in Washington alleges that the Donald Trump administration violated U.S. law by sharing confidential information about Iranians seeking asylum in the United States with the Iranian government. These individuals were slated for deportation, according to The Washington Post. This allegation is contained…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has opened a satellite asylum processing office in San Antonio, Texas, according to the official USCIS website. Effective May 28, 2026, asylum applicants who applied for asylum through USCIS…
The Trump administration is developing a plan that would allow US immigration officials to quickly reject some asylum applications without interviewing them, CBS News reports. This new regulation from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the latest step by the White House to…
The Donald Trump administration is easing measures that have sharply restricted asylum and effectively halted the processing of hundreds of thousands of immigration applications, two US Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News. In late November, after an Afghan citizen who was granted asylum in 2025…
The US continues to detain and deport even those migrants with legal status. On February 17, Ukrainian asylum seeker Yevhen Konyashka was detained. His wife, Daria, wrote about this on Facebook. "Yesterday, our father, Yevhen Konyashka (born November 12, 1968, Mariupol, Donetsk region..."
About the new annual asylum fees, as well as new fees for initial asylum applications, asylum-based work permits, TPS applications, parole-based work permits, and how to pay...
The Trump administration has launched a nationwide campaign to quash the asylum claims of thousands of migrants whose cases are pending in immigration court. Authorities claim these individuals can be deported to third countries rather than their home countries, CBS reports…
Following the court ruling, CBS News reports that agents at the U.S. border have been ordered to stop deporting migrants under Trump's asylum ban. Agents at the U.S. border have been ordered to stop deporting migrants under President Trump's asylum ban.…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released updated guidance that clarifies when a marriage between a principal asylum seeker or refugee and their spouse is considered valid for immigration benefits. The AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) website reports on the changes. The new guidance,…