BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN President Trump's sweeping global tariffs. Chief Justice Roberts writes for the 6-3 majority. Justices Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh dissent. Opinion: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

DHS has released a proposal that would severely curtail asylum seekers’ ability to get legal work authorization and support themselves while their cases are pending.

HUD is reviving an effort from the first Trump administration to kick households with mixed immigration status out of public assistance programs. #HUD #housing #immigration

The Washington, DC judge was targeted by a barrage of violent and misogynist threats after her ruling preserving Temporary Protected Status for Haiti earlier this month. One message said “the best way you can help America is to eat a bullet,” Judge Ana C. Reyes shared in a hearing Thursday.

A Border Patrol agent who shot a Chicago woman multiple times last fall bragged about it in a text message chat afterwards. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino offered to extend the agent's time on the job. My @bloomberglaw.com colleague Megan Crepeau reports on court records made public this week.

There was no mobilization of federal officers ahead of the Feb. 3 termination date for Haiti TPS, the assistant director of field operations for ICE ERO said in a sworn declaration submitted Tuesday. #Haiti #temporaryprotectedstatus #ICE

A Ninth Circuit panel granted an emergency bid from DHS to strip Temporary Protected Status from immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal while a lower court's ruling preserving protections is under appeal.

The Department of Justice is cutting off options to challenge removal orders from immigration courts, helping the Trump administration speed up deportations efforts.

The Trump administration is reclassifying tens of thousands of nonpolitical federal jobs, making it easier to fire workers without running afoul of civil service laws.

The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The Trump gold card program violates immigration statute and displaces existing visa options for exceptional professionals, a higher ed group argues in a new lawsuit.

New from 404 Media: hackers and trolls have targeted a wave of ICE spotting apps, those that let you report sightings of ICE officials. In one case, hackers even managed to send a push notification to app users. Claimed personal data sent to the gov, but no evidence www.404media.co/hackers-and-...

After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting. But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:

A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social

A federal judge in DC blocked DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, preserving lawful status of 350,000 immigrants from the country set to expire after Tuesday.

A Baltimore judge is allowing the Trump administration go forward with policies requiring immigrants pay new annual asylum claims. The fees were temporarily blocked last year over inconsistent policies at USCIS and immigration courts.

Immigrant advocates are challenging the Trump administration's freeze on visas for 75 countries based on "public charge" risks.

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security were hit with a lawsuit challenging an allegedly unconstitutional policy that authorizes ICE agents to enter homes to make immigration arrests without a warrant.

New: The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the birthright citizenship case on April 1. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Haitians was unlawful, a Ninth Circuit panel found. It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.

H-1B workers stranded in India by cancelled visa interviews could be waiting late into the summer and beyond for new appointments. But remote work options are complicated by potentially big tax risks for their employers.

The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

An emerging patchwork of Trump visa policies is blocking entry for students, immigrant talent, and family of American citizens. It's the flipside of a mass deportation campaign in the US interior that's using any available tool to restrict new immigrants or foreign visitors.

Good morning from a few blocks away from the Broadview, IL ICE facility, where people are streaming into a protest despite below-freezing temps. Broadview officials said they expected 2k - 5k people at this protest, but I'm not seeing anywhere near that number right now. Many elders in the crowd

The Trump administration is pausing visa processing indefinitely for 75 countries, including Brazil. The State Department is freezing visas for the countries while consulates adopt new public charge screening policies.

New: US spy chief Tulsi Gabbard was excluded from meetings on Venezuela, with aides joking her DNI title stood for "Do Not Invite."

A DHS plan to require social media disclosure for travelers from visa waiver countries will harm US competitiveness with China, House Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi warned the agency this week.

Venezuelan immigrants in the US continue to face the threat of removal after the ousting of President Nicolás Maduro. My @bloomberglaw.com colleague Celine Castronuovo and I report that the Trump administration shows no signs of moving off of a hardline deportation agenda targeting Venezuelans.

A federal judge in DC ruled against a challenge to a $100,000 fee for H-1B workers Tuesday in a big win for Trump restrictions on foreign labor.

The Trump administration released a rule replacing the annual lottery for H-1B visas with a process it says will favor higher-skilled, higher-paid workers.

The number of people not showing up to court + being ordered deported skyrocketed, according to our early analysis of the data. Lawyers cite a few reasons: fear of being detained, DOJ sending notices to wrong places, other hiccups in delivery. My latest: www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...

60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

NEW: 6th Cir upholds the fed law barring undocumented immigrants from having guns. What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵 www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...

Major IT consulting firms like Tata, Cognizant and Infosys will absorb the most pain from the $100,000 Trump H-1B fee, a @bloomberg.com analysis found.

A group of states led by California and Massachusetts is filing the latest challenge to the Trump $100,000 H-1B fee. #immigration #H1Bvisa #tech

DHS plans to terminate deportation protections for 5,000 Ethiopians in the US in February, the agency said Friday. Ethiopia's Tigray War was one of the deadliest armed conflicts of the 21st Century, but the Trump administration says security has improved enough for a safe return.

New data shows that replacing fired judges with military lawyers has led to higher rates of removal orders in the country's immigration courts. Judge Advocate General’s Corps issued removal orders in 78% of cases last month, compared to 63% for other immigration judges.

H-1B workers are having December visa interview appointments in India pushed back well into next year. Consulates are citing operational constraints from new social media screening beginning this month. Attorneys say visa delays could block thousands of workers from returning to the US.

A Guatemalan immigrant held at Camp East Montana here in El Paso has died. He had been held at the facility since September. At least 25 migrants have died in ICE detention this year.

Supreme Court justices will take up case on President Trump’s executive order targeting birthright citizenship, @gregstohr.bsky.social reports.

The Trump administration is reducing the employment authorization window of asylum seekers and other immigrants issued new work permits. The new policy is part of a number of measures to add tougher vetting of immigrants and limit humanitarian relief options.

Restrictions on immigrants covered by a Trump travel ban will now include applications for green cards and other benefits submitted within the US--regardless of when applicants from "high-risk" countries arrived.

The Labor Department is pursuing about 200 investigations of H-1B employers connected to "Project Firewall." But most notable about the initiative is Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's use of authority to personally sign off on probes that could go even broader than traditional investigations.

A Brazilian woman who is the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew has been detained by ICE

Trump attempts to end Temporary Protected Status for Haiti early were thwarted by a federal court this summer. But the Department of Homeland Security said today it will end those protections for about 350,000 Haitians when they’re set to expire in February. #immigration #Haiti #TPS

DOL's overhaul of a wage rule covering most agricultural workers on H-2A visas will undercut US workers, the country's biggest farm labor union argues in a new lawsuit.

Nearly 4,000 immigrants from Myanmar will lose Temporary Protected Status in January, the Department of Homeland Security said today.

DOJ is recruiting "deportation judges" to fill vacancies in the country's immigration courts. It signals Trump plans to pressure immigration judges to reject claims for relief like asylum. The recruiting pitch also illustrates why legal groups long called for independent immigration courts.

An ICE civil penalty regime for immigration violations violates the Administrative Procedure Act and constitutional protections, @the-ilrc.bsky.social argues in a new lawsuit Thursday.