The National Immigration Project has partnered with CLINIC and Ready to Stay to update a previously-issued CLINIC practice advisory on LGBTQ asylum and related protection claims. This updated advisory discusses new LGBTQ precedent, and also addresses...
On September 12, 2025, the D.C. Circuit denied the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal, dissolved its temporary, partial administrative stay, and fully restored the district court’s August 1 order in CHIRLA v. Noem, a lawsuit challenging...
On August 26, 2025, the Tenth Circuit issued a published decision, O.C.V. v. Bondi, vacating the Board of Immigration Appeals presidential decision Matter of M-R-M-S-, which had wrongfully held that if a persecutor had any motivation other than...
Naturalization remains the best defense against immigration enforcement for many LPRs. However, some red flag issues that could cause an LPR to be denied naturalization and even detained and deported. Thorough screening is crucial to make sure that...
On July 4, President Trump signed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The Act creates a new fee regime for matters before USCIS and EOIR and for certain people apprehended by DHS. The National Immigration Project has created this chart as a...
The National Immigration Project has partnered with Immigration Equality, Oasis Legal Services, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and Ready to Stay to create a practice advisory on framing transgender asylum claims in light of the...
Beginning in May 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been arresting noncitizens in or around immigration court buildings and subjecting them to expedited removal, following dismissal of their section 240 removal proceedings by ICE...
On January 21, 2025, the Trump administration expanded the scope of expedited removal to its statutory maximum, to include certain noncitizens not admitted or paroled who cannot prove they have been continuously present in the United States for at...
The first Trump administration published myriad regulations seeking to restrict access to asylum and related protections. Some of these regulations were enjoined through litigation, including Pangea Legal Servs.I v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 501 F...