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10 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: July 31, 2026.
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.
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.
The suit says U.S. agencies shared confidential records — including claims of religious conversion and LGBTQ persecution — with Tehran through the Pakistani embassy.
WatchThe 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.
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.'
Federal ruling invalidates policies that halted asylum grants and immigration benefits for people from 39 countries last year.
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.
Federal judges reject administration's attempt to categorically deny asylum claims, potentially requiring processing of new applications from border crossers.
Conservative justices signal support for administration's request to reinstate policy that turns back asylum seekers at the border.
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.