The US State Department announced Wednesday it would begin reviewing online social media accounts for all student and exchange visitor applicants as part of its visa screening process. All students and exchange visitors applying for visas under the F, M, and J non-immigrant classifications will be required to make their social media profiles public under [...]

A Vermont judge ordered a detained Palestinian Columbia University student to be released from federal custody on Wednesday, more than two weeks after he was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his US citizenship. Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old Vermont resident and green card holder of nearly a decade who was raised in [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a disability-rights appeal brought on behalf of a student and her parents against their school district, alleging their child did not receive fair accommodations for her disability. The case, AJT v. Osseo Area Schools, No. 24-249, weighs whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and [...]

US North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong vetoed a state bill on Tuesday that would have restricted books with “explicit sexual material” displayed or made available to minors in the state, including in public and school libraries. In a two-page rebuke of the proposed legislation, Armstrong wrote that Senate Bill 2307 would represent “a misguided attempt [...]

Twenty eight students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland, Florida, and Florida State University (FSU) demanded Monday that Governor Ron DeSantis oppose efforts to lower the state’s minimum age to purchase a firearm after another deadly shooting last week. The letter sent Monday calls for DeSantis to reject attempts in Florida to [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the Maine Department of Education (DOE) on Wednesday over its policies that allow transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports. The lawsuit alleges Maine’s policies violate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects citizens under any education program or activity receiving federal funding from being [...]

A US federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked an order issued by the Trump Administration that sought to revoke the legal status and work permits of nearly 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Issued March 25 by the Department of Homeland Security, the Trump order intended to shut down a program instated [...]

US President Donald Trump’s administration targeted Houston-based law firm Susman Godfrey LLP in an executive order Wednesday, zeroing in on the firm’s previous defamation litigation related to the 2020 US election, as well as its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The administration has targeted other large law firms over similar programs, deeming them “unlawful [...]

A coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a 31-page amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, claiming a Maryland county’s policy of incorporating LGBTQ-inclusive books into their curriculum with no opt-out option for parents does not violate the US Constitution. The amicus brief asserted that the use of LGBTQ-inclusive books in the school [...]

A US federal judge ruled Tuesday that the White House must restore full access of the Associated Press (AP)  to presidential events. “The Court simply holds that under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists — be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere — it cannot [...]