California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a coalition of 20 state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit Tuesday December 9, 2025, challenging the Trump Administration’s unprecedented $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions. The lawsuit claims the policy is unlawful, bypassing required rulemaking procedures and exceeding the authority granted to the executive branch under the Administrative…
Picture this: A tech mogul from Mumbai, staring at a screen in a high-rise overlooking the Arabian Sea, clicks “apply” and wires $1 million to the U.S. Treasury. Months later—not years—he’s unpacking in Silicon Valley, green card in hand, chasing the American Dream on steroids. That’s the pitch behind President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled “Gold…
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a major immigration case that could reshape how asylum seekers are processed at the southern border, agreeing Monday, November 17, 2025, to hear Noem v. Al Otro Lado. The case centers on the long-debated practice known as “metering,” which allowed U.S. border agents to limit the number of…
New York City leaders and community organizations are mobilizing in anticipation of a potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown, following the election of Zohran Mamdani as the city’s next mayor. Concerns over heightened federal enforcement have prompted officials to review strategies to protect residents and safeguard city operations. LaToya McBean Pompy, a prominent immigration…
In a bold diplomatic countermeasure, the Republic of Mali has announced that American citizens seeking tourist or business visas will now be required to post a bond of up to $10,000, mirroring a similar U.S. policy introduced by the Trump administration targeting Malian nationals. The announcement, confirmed by Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday,…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a preliminary injunction halting the expedited deportation of migrants who legally entered the United States under humanitarian parole programs, in a significant victory for immigrant rights and due process advocates. The August 1 ruling by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes Cobb temporarily blocks the federal government…
Liz Oyer, a former U.S. Pardon Attorney under the Department of Justice, is publicly criticizing what she calls a dangerous double standard in Donald Trump’s immigration and public safety policies. In a viral Instagram post and accompanying video, Oyer accused the Trump administration of misleading the public by boasting about deporting violent criminals while simultaneously…
In a legally and morally charged decision, the Trump administration deported eight foreign nationals held in Djibouti to South Sudan last Friday evening, despite their lawyers’ warnings that the men face a high risk of torture or death in the war-torn African nation. The move came just hours after U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy…