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The Biden-Harris administration’s attempt to end the controversial Title 42 was Friday blocked by Judge Robert Summerhays of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Title 42 allows border patrol officials to quickly deport migrants at the US-Mexico border, whether or not they are legally seeking asylum, in order to stop the [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday held in a 5-4 opinion written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett “ederal courts lack jurisdiction to review facts found as part of any judgment relating to the granting of discretionary relief in immigration proceedings enumerated under 8 US Code § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i).” In Patel v. Garland, the plaintiff and his wife [...]

The mass exodus of women and children from Ukraine has sparked the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.  More than three million refugees have poured out of Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale invasion of the country on February 24. Upwards of 1.8 million of those refugees have crossed into Poland. And [...]

US President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Jackson of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as an associate justice to the Supreme Court on Friday. If her nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Jackson would be the first black woman to serve as a justice of the highest court of [...]

Some 36,433 Afghan refugees lack a clear path to US citizenship, according to a report released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday . The report surveys the immigration status of more than 76,000 Afghans refugees now under the supervision of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), a DHS coordinated program aimed at resettling the evacuees [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two immigration cases Tuesday that address the rights of detained noncitizens to have a bond hearing after six months of detention. Both cases were brought by noncitizens seeking asylum relief who had been detained for extended periods of time without bond hearings following the issuance of a [...]

The UK Home Office announced plans Wednesday to establish a new Scientific Advisory Committee for developing a scientific method for evaluating the age of asylum seekers. The Home Office states that this method will prevent adult asylum seekers from posing as children to obtain support and benefits fraudulently. Discussing the program further, Home Secretary Priti [...]

Former Danish immigration minister Inger Støjberg was voted out of the Danish parliament Tuesday, following her impeachment and conviction earlier this year for illegally separating married couples seeking asylum while in office. Støjberg was responsible for overseeing the immigration system in Denmark during the 2015 European migration crisis and received criticism for her extremely strict [...]

The Danish Court of Impeachment, or Rigsretten, Monday sentenced former Danish immigration minister Inger Støjberg to 60 days in prison. The decision follows a rare impeachment trial in February where she was found to have ordered the illegal separation of married asylum-seeking partners while in office. The Rigsretten found Støjberg to be guilty of violating Section [...]

The Hungarian Constitutional Court ruled against a petition from Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government Friday, seeking to challenge a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union that held Hungary’s asylum policies broke European law. The Constitutional Court held that while Hungary was able to exercise authority over its territorial integrity and population [...]