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Berkeley Student Held by ICE Since Airport Arrest Asks Court for Release
Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old Colombian asylum seeker with no criminal record, was detained at San Francisco International on October 30.
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Asylum
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PoliticsRefugees and Asylees Lose Medicaid Today Under Trump's Budget Law, Including Roughly 177,000 in Florida
Section 71109 of the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' narrows which legal immigrants qualify for federally funded coverage as of October 1.
PoliticsJudge Blocks Trump Administration From Stripping Work Permits From Asylum Seekers
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton in Boston froze three USCIS policies that tied work authorization to a new asylum fee and retroactively hit TPS holders from El Salvador, Sudan and Ukraine.
PoliticsNew Rule Lets the Government Skip Asylum Interviews and Send 444,000 Cases Straight to Deportation Court
The interim final rule took effect immediately, ending the guarantee of a non-adversarial interview with an asylum officer. Immigration judges can now dismiss applications on the paperwork alone.
PoliticsLawsuit Accuses the Trump Administration of Handing Iran the Asylum Files of Iranians It Wants to Deport
The suit says U.S. agencies shared confidential records — including claims of religious conversion and LGBTQ persecution — with Tehran through the Pakistani embassy.
WatchPoliticsSupreme Court Clears Trump to Turn Away Asylum Seekers at the Border in 6-3 Ruling
The conservative majority revived the contested "metering" policy, letting agents block migrants who have not yet set foot on U.S. soil, in one of two major immigration wins for the administration.
Top NewsFederal Judge Strikes Down Trump's Immigration Policies, Orders Restart of Asylum Processing
Rhode Island judge rules that indefinite holds on green card applications violated law and left immigrants in 'indeterminate legal limbo' due to 'anti-immigrant sentiments.'
PoliticsJudge Orders Trump Officials to Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing
Federal ruling invalidates policies that halted asylum grants and immigration benefits for people from 39 countries last year.
WorldEU Strikes Sweeping Migration Deal to Fast-Track Deportations and Build Detention Centers Abroad
Brussels reached agreement among its three main institutions to speed removals and let member states open 'return hubs' in third countries — a model critics liken to Trump's immigration crackdown.
PoliticsAppeals Court Rules Trump's Border Asylum Ban Is Illegal
Federal judges reject administration's attempt to categorically deny asylum claims, potentially requiring processing of new applications from border crossers.
Top NewsSupreme Court Appears Ready to Restore Trump's Border Asylum Restrictions
Conservative justices signal support for administration's request to reinstate policy that turns back asylum seekers at the border.
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Trump Slashed the Board of Immigration Appeals in Half — Now the Government Wins 97% of Cases
The Trump administration cut the nation's top immigration court from 28 judges to 15, stacked it with loyalists, and used it to issue precedent eliminating bond eligibility, allowing third-country deportations, and restricting asylum — setting policy for every immigration judge in the country.
