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In the wake of a Supreme Court loss on birthright citizenship, Trump officials are planning a renewed crackdown on birth tourism. @ccastronuovo.bsky.social and I report on what a enforcement will look like at the State Department and DOJ. #immigration #birthtourism #citizenship

Trump Targets ‘Birth Tourism’ After Birthright Citizenship LossThe Trump administration and Republican allies are aiming to block foreign nationals from traveling to the US with the purpose of giving birth in the wake of the president’s Supreme Court loss on birt...news.bloomberglaw.com

The First Circuit has denied a Trump bid to halt a lower court order overturning its $100,000 H-1B visa fee.

In May I reported that the Justice Department had filed dozens of lawsuits against immigrants across the country, part of an effort to collect unprecedented fines levied for civil immigration violations. At the time, it had assessed $36 billion in fines. Now that figure is $84 billion, DHS says.

DHS is restoring a 30-day window for processing asylum seekers' initial work permit applications. It says regulations issued in April inadvertently removed that longstanding timeframe.

DHS Restores 30-Day Rule for Asylum Seekers’ Work AuthorizationThe Department of Homeland Security is correcting regulations released earlier this year to reinstate a 30-day processing time frame for asylum seekers’ initial work permit applications.news.bloomberglaw.com

The Trump administration has finalized regulations doing away with open-ended admission to the US for international students on F-1 students.

A Rhode Island judge denied the Trump administration's emergency request to pause his June order lifting a months-long benefits freeze for people from 39 "travel ban" countries.

Judge Denies DHS Bid to Restore Freeze on Immigration BenefitsA Rhode Island federal judge declined to pause his decision setting aside a Trump freeze on immigration benefits, such as work permits, for people from 39 travel ban countries.news.bloomberglaw.com

Happening now: hearing in the District of Rhode Island over a government motion to stay a court order overturning the USCIS benefits freeze for people from "travel ban" countries www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6C9...

CA26-132JJM Dorcas International Inst.of RI v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesYouTube video by U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Islandwww.youtube.com

Applying for US citizenship could get a lot more expensive soon. A Trump administration proposal released Monday would hike naturalization fees to $1,330 for paper filings and $1,280 for online applications. That translates to a 75% and 80% increase respectively over current fees.

Trump DHS Proposal Would Hike Naturalization Fees for ImmigrantsA Department of Homeland Security proposal would raise costs for naturalization applications to as much as $1,330.news.bloomberglaw.com

A federal judge said there’s no excuse for the government to continue a freeze on work permits and green cards sought by immigrants a week after he ruled the policy is unlawful.

‘No Excuse’ to Continue Hold on Immigration Benefits, Judge SaysThere’s no reason for the Trump administration to comply with an order lifting a months-long freeze on work permits and other immigration benefits, a federal judge in Rhode Island said.news.bloomberglaw.com

Monday's ruling against the $100,000 H-1B visa fee was the first since the Supreme Court nixed President Trump's global tariffs regime this year. That decision in Learning Resources v Trump played a key part in the opinion finding the fee unlawful. My latest on legal battles over the H-1B program:

Congress’ Taxing Power Key to Trump Loss on $100,000 H-1B FeePresident Donald Trump’s first major defeat in legal challenges to his $100,000 fee on new H-1B workers turned on whether the policy unlawfully supplants the exclusive tax power of Congress.news.bloomberglaw.com

A Rhode Island judge has vacated Trump administration policies targeting people from 39 travel ban countries, including a freeze on work permits and other benefits for people already in the US.

Trump Benefit Freeze for Travel Ban Countries Found UnlawfulA federal court in Rhode Island set aside a Trump administration policy freezing work permits and other benefits for applicants from roughly 40 countries subject to travel bans, handing a win to immig...news.bloomberglaw.com

A DHS memo declaring green cards applications within the US an "extraordinary" benefit, rather than a routine path to permanent residency, disregards decades of immigration law and legal precedent. Court challenges are virtually certain. It's just a matter of when and which plaintiffs sue.

DOJ has filed dozens of lawsuits against immigrants in courts across the country seeking payment for billions in civil immigration penalties.

Trump Is Taking Immigrants to Court, Seeking Millions in FinesThe Trump administration has issued thousands of fines against immigrants and has started taking people to court, seizing their tax refunds, and demanding payments for being in the US illegally, accor...news.bloomberglaw.com

The White House is reviewing a rule that would end open-ended status for foreign students on F-1 visas. A draft rule released last year called for limiting those students and J-1 visa holders to four years in the US before requiring them to renew their status.

White House Reviewing Rule to Limit Foreign Students’ StatusRegulations restricting foreign students on F-1 visas to fixed periods of stay in the US are under review at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, a final step before their public release...news.bloomberglaw.com

As a freeze on work permits and other benefits sought by people from travel ban countries stretches into a fifth month, USCIS is facing mounting legal challenges to the policy. And immigrants bringing the lawsuits are gaining traction in some cases.

Mounting Travel Ban Suits Test Freeze on Immigrant Work PermitsMonths after the Trump administration issued a freeze on work permits and other benefits for people from nearly 40 travel ban countries, immigrants are being forced out of jobs, losing apartments, and...news.bloomberglaw.com

Foreign truck drivers have lost employment, defaulted on mortgages, and been unable to provide for their families after a Department of Transportation rule barred eligibility for commercial drivers licenses, a lawsuit filed in Miami says.

Foreign Drivers Sue US, Florida Over Commercial License BanA Department of Transportation rule barring nearly 200,000 foreign truck drivers from holding commercial drivers licenses violates the Administrative Procedure Act and equal protections under the Fift...news.bloomberglaw.com

The House passed legislation Thursday directing the DHS to extend Temporary Protected Status for several hundred thousand Haitians in the US.

House Passes Extension of Haitian Deportation ProtectionsHouse lawmakers voted Thursday to direct the Department of Homeland Security to extend temporary humanitarian protections for several hundred thousand Haitians in the US.news.bloomberglaw.com

Twenty thousand mixed-status families would lose public housing under a HUD rule targeting benefits to households with ineligible immigrant members. The agency says immigrants are "pushing aside" citizens, but most of the people who lose out under the proposal are Americans--many of them children.

US Citizen Kids at Risk of Losing Housing Support Under HUD PlanTens of thousands of American citizens, most of them children, stand to lose public housing benefits under a Trump administration plan targeting immigrants without lawful status.news.bloomberglaw.com

The Trump budget proposal released Friday would elevate the DOL office that oversees work visa programs, back expansion of immigrant detention, and boost funding to immigration courts. @ccastronuovo.bsky.social, Angelica Franganillo Diaz, and I break down the highlights:

Trump Budget’s Immigration Goals Boost Processing, EnforcementThe Trump administration is seeking to elevate the US Labor Department office charged with ensuring foreign hiring doesn’t undermine American workers by making it report directly to the secretary of l...news.bloomberglaw.com

The Trump administration has repeatedly gone to the Supreme Court for emergency relief when it's suffered setbacks legal setbacks on its immigration policies. Now it wants justices to tell lower courts that temporary immigrant protections are off-limits for judicial review.