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…
A weekend immigration raid in Southern California has sparked legal and constitutional questions after a 28-year-old U.S. citizen, Cary López Alvarado, was detained and hospitalized while eight months pregnant. The case highlights the tension between immigration enforcement authority and the civil rights protections guaranteed to citizens under the U.S. Constitution. Arrest Sparks Constitutional Questions López…
A newly appointed federal judge, Sparkle L. Sooknanan, made an immediate impact on the bench by issuing an emergency order on August 31 temporarily blocking the Trump administration from deporting thousands of Guatemalan minors who had been placed on planes awaiting removal. The ruling came after the National Immigration Law Center filed an emergency request,…