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As the partial government shutdown approaches 2 months, an apparent agreement to end the shutdown last week quickly fell apart as House Republicans rejected the effort before leaving for a 2-week recess. Pressure has been building on Congress to end the shutdown as TSA staffing issues have led to long security lines at airports. Last … Continued

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the legal challenge to the president’s attempt to circumvent the 14th Amendment and determine for himself who is and who is not a US citizen at birth. Trump himself attended the first hour of arguments while Solicitor General D John Sauer made the … Continued

News reports on Monday revealed a new threat to the Department of Justice’s Recognition and Accreditation (R&A) program. R&A is a decade’s old process through which non-attorneys associated with non-profits can apply for permission to practice immigration law. Staff may be accredited to practice immigration law if they can demonstrate that both the organization and … Continued

In a widely anticipated move, the Trump Administration has appealed Temporary Protected Status cases to the Supreme Court. This emergency appeal relates to prior court decisions, including a Circuit Court decision earlier this month, that barred the administration from ending TPS protections for an estimated 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians. In prior appeals of TPS … Continued

On Friday, a federal appeals court affirmed a lower court ruling that the Trump Administration could not end TPS for the 350,000 Haitians living under the status in the US. The administration had appealed the early-February ruling, which had granted a last-minute reprieve to Haitians with TPS, to the US Court of Appeals in Washington, … Continued