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Lithuania filed a case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, seeking damages in relation to the alleged large-scale smuggling of irregular migrants into Lithuania by the Lukashenko regime. The case revolves around alleged breaches by Belarus of its obligations under the UN Protocol against the smuggling of Migrants by Land, [...]

Refugees International and the Women’s Refugee Commission released a joint report on Friday that outlines the severe effects of recent US policy shifts and aid cuts on humanitarian protections for migrants and asylum seekers throughout the region. Identified impacts included the destruction of protection routes and an increased strain on Costa Rica’s overburdened asylum system. [...]

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on May 15 regarding the federal government’s request to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship—the constitutional guarantee that virtually all individuals born on US soil automatically become citizens. Oral arguments will be for three consolidated cases: Trump v. CASA, Inc., Trump v. Washington and [...]

A coalition of 20 Democratic state attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that US President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. In the transportation funding complaint, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and DOT [...]

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Monday announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for individuals from Afghanistan. Noem stated that the “conditions in Afghanistan” no longer warrant continuing the program, finding that it is “contrary to the national interest.” Before a TPS designation for a country expires, the secretary is required to [...]

UN human rights experts published a statement Wednesday expressing concern over unlawful US deportations to El Salvador. According to the statement, the US has deported over 250 Venezuelan and Salvadoran men, who were allegedly involved with gangs. The experts stated that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, invoked by the Trump administration to authorize the [...]

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday to target sanctuary jurisdictions for violating, obstructing, and defying federal immigration laws, and to bolster immigration enforcement by “empowering State and local law enforcement to firmly police dangerous criminal behavior and protect innocent citizens.” The first order, titled “Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens,” begins by [...]

A US federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funds to certain “sanctuary jurisdictions” around the US. This suit was brought after 16 cities with sanctuary laws, and challenged Trump’s Executive Orders 14,159, “Protecting the American People Against Invasion”; 14,218, “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders”; and a [...]

As the Trump administration moves forward with its rapid efforts to deport those immigrants—with or without status—whom it deems dangerous or politically problematic, rights groups and immigration lawyers have repeatedly petitioned US courts to ensure due process for all at risk of deportation. These efforts have created a web of overlapping cases that are shaping [...]

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a twenty-year-old American citizen born in the US, has been released as of Thursday evening, after spending 24 hours in jail on charges of entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien.” Lopez-Gomez has alleged that his statemets to the arresting officer that he is indeed a US citizen were ignored, despite Lopez-Gomez backing [...]