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 ICE. The National Immigration Project has created this chart as a...
This explainer provides an explanation of the "stipulations" that ICE is offering some people when they are detained, what the outcomes of signing the stipulation will be, and includes an annotated copy of the stipulation.
The National Immigration Project filed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiff's Ninth Circuit challenge to the legal standard used in delay cases. Our brief highlighted the extraordinary delays noncitizens subjected to "administrative processing"...
This guide walks pro se respondents through the steps to file a Motion to Change Venue in Immigration Court. This guide and template do not constitute legal advice.
This guide walks pro se respondents through the steps to file a Notice of Appeal with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) after an immigration case dismissal. This guide and template do not constitute legal advice.
There is a largely un-tested legal argument that young people with approved SIJS petitions can use the SIJS-specific adjustment provisions at INA § 245(h) to satisfy the “inspected and admitted or paroled” requirement that applies to many other forms...
This form is a sample for court watch projects who are monitoring immigration courts for case dismissals and arrests.
This explainer goes over the ICE enforcement tactic of arresting people at their immigration court hearings as well as a recent Board of Immigration Appeals Decision that further restricts who can ask an immigration judge for a bond to get out of...
This guide and template motion can be used by pro se respondents in immigration court to request that the immigration judge change their hearing from in-person to virtual via WebEx. This guide and template do not constitute legal advice.
In May 2025, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law two new anti-immigrant provisions: SB 63 and SB 53. Senate Bill 63 requires mandatory DNA and fingerprint collection for undocumented noncitizens in custody in Alabama. Senate Bill 53 will...