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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, November 27, 2025, announced plans to “permanently pause” migration from what he called “Third World Countries,” a sweeping declaration that follows a deadly ambush near the White House that killed a National Guard member and critically injured another. The announcement—made on Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social—intensifies the administration’s…
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A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume a deportation protection program for vulnerable immigrant youth—a major legal setback for the Trump administration and a lifeline for thousands of young people who had been left in limbo. In a ruling issued Wednesday, November 19, 2025, U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee directed U.S. Citizenship…
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A federal court decision has forced the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to halt collection of the new $100 Annual Asylum Fee (AAF) while litigation proceeds. The decision by the court provides temporary relief to thousands of asylum-seekers but leaves lingering uncertainty about the future of the fee. What Happened: The AAF was introduced…
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A sweeping new rule that took effect October 30, 2025, will officially end the 540-day automatic extension for work permits (EADs), a policy that has allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants to continue working legally in the U.S. while their renewal applications were pending. The change, announced this week by the Department of Homeland Security…
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For the first time in six years, the U.S. government has officially shut down. At 12:01 a.m. EST on October 1, 2025, funding lapsed after Congress failed to pass a budget, triggering what is legally known as a “lapse in appropriations.” This means the government no longer has the authority to spend money, leading to…
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The Trump administration is pushing forward with plans to make the U.S. naturalization test more difficult, signaling a major shift in the path to American citizenship. In recent remarks, officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) argued that the current naturalization exam is “too easy” and fails to demonstrate whether applicants possess a genuine…
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The Trump administration is preparing to expand the scope of what constitutes “good moral character” in U.S. naturalization applications, a move that could make it harder for legal immigrants to secure American citizenship. Under longstanding immigration law, applicants for naturalization must demonstrate good moral character during the required residency period—typically three to five years depending…
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Immigration processing times are speeding up, making now an ideal moment for eligible applicants to file, according to immigration attorney LaToya McBean Pompy, Esq. In a recent update posted to Instagram, McBean Pompy noted that cases such as marriage-based green cards, petitions where a U.S. citizen child is sponsoring a parent, and even naturalization applications…
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A Jamaican national employed as a reserve police officer in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following allegations that he overstayed his visa and attempted to purchase a firearm for use in his law enforcement role. The man, identified as John Luke Evans, entered the United States…
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Immigration attorney LaToya McBean-Pompy, Esq., founder of McBean Immigration Law, is urging asylum seekers to be strategic about marriage and green card eligibility as USCIS accelerates its processing of asylum cases filed between 2015 and 2017. In a candid Instagram video (@mcbeanimmigrationlaw), McBean-Pompy addressed a frequently asked question: Should you wait for a decision on…
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