A series of recent federal court rulings is reshaping how immigration detention is applied in the United States, with hundreds of judges rejecting the Trump administration’s policy that mandated automatic detention without bond for certain immigrants, according to immigration attorney LaToya McBean Pompy. In a public legal advisory shared on Instagram, Pompy explained that the…
A 56-year-old Bulgarian-born business owner from Chicago has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), intensifying scrutiny of medical care, detention conditions, and due process within the U.S. immigration enforcement system. Nenko Gantchev died last week at the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan, a privately run prison contracted…
Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability have launched a new public-facing ICE and CBP misconduct dashboard, aimed at documenting and tracking verified allegations of abuse and potential violations of law during federal immigration enforcement operations under the Trump administration. According to a release published on the Oversight Democrats’ official website, the…
A growing number of African priests serving legally in the United States are finding themselves stranded abroad, detained, or denied re-entry under U.S. immigration procedures. This is happening despite them holding valid documentation. Legal experts and church leaders warn that the trend exposes structural weaknesses in U.S. visa law governing religious workers and raises serious…
The Trump administration is once again placing denaturalization—the legal process of revoking U.S. citizenship—at the center of its immigration enforcement agenda, prompting concern among immigrant communities and renewed scrutiny from legal experts. In a recent advisory shared on Instagram, U.S. immigration attorney LaToya McBean Pompy, Esq., founder of McBean Immigration Law, warned that the administration…
What began as a routine asylum hearing for three young Venezuelan siblings turned into a moment of shock and heartbreak inside a downtown immigration courtroom. Judge Shuting Chen, known among Bay Area attorneys for her steady temperament and meticulous preparation, looked down at her computer and saw an email with the subject line: “Notice of…
A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York has awarded $112 million to more than 670 immigrants who were illegally detained by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office solely on the basis of ICE detainers — requests, not warrants — that lacked any showing of probable cause. The verdict, delivered after an eight-year legal…
A Harris County courtroom became the stage for an extraordinary moment of judicial scrutiny this week when a Texas judge rejected a state prosecutor’s attempt to bring an interference with public duties charge against a motorist, ruling there was “no probable cause” to proceed. The case, captured in a video shared on Judge Fleischer Chronicles’…
The death of Estela Ramos Baten, a 45-year-old mother deported from Los Angeles to Guatemala on July 4, has reignited debate over U.S. immigration enforcement and due process protections. MSNBC first reported the story, detailing the circumstances that led to her sudden death on September 8 and the unresolved legal questions surrounding her deportation. Ramos…
A recent decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has sent shockwaves through immigration law circles, as it eliminates the possibility of bond hearings for immigrants who entered the United States without inspection, even if they have lived in the country for decades. Under the ruling, immigrants apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…