USCIS Tightens Inadmissibility for Drug Trafficking, Human Trafficking and Money Laundering
The new USCIS guidance applies to pending as well as new filings. It covers three grounds that, unlike almost all others, require no criminal conviction.
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The new USCIS guidance applies to pending as well as new filings. It covers three grounds that, unlike almost all others, require no criminal conviction.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services canceled 315,000 marketplace health policies in August, covering roughly 760,000 people, over unverified citizenship or immigration documentation.
The Justice Department took to the Supreme Court the question of whether someone detained in removal proceedings can go to a federal court to challenge that detention.
Federal Judge Orlando Garcia ordered Wilber Rafael Garces Perez to appear in person on September 30. In practice, that prevents his removal before that date.
New York’s mayor raised the possibility of restoring Temporary Protected Status for Haitians with President Trump. Nothing was announced, and nothing changed legally.
Three days after the shooting, the Venezuelan man wounded by an ICE officer in Austin was taken back to a hospital from the Pearsall detention center. He entered through CBP One and held a work permit.
ICE’s public detainee locator stopped showing the location of people in custody who have a final order of removal. The change began September 15 and was never announced.
Since July 28, 2026, an interim final rule allows USCIS to refer certain affirmative asylum applications to immigration court without first interviewing the applicant. The public comment period closes September 28.
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