The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday sentenced a North Carolina man to 28 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge regarding a threat he made against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The trial followed an FBI investigation and prosecution by the US Attorney’s Office for the District [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Monday denied the Biden administration’s appeal to terminate the Trump-era Migration Protection Protocols (MPP), affirming a Texas district court’s decision that would require the administration to leave the MPP intact. The MPP, also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy, requires asylum-seekers on the southern border [...]

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 [...]

The New York City Council Thursday voted to grant certain noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections, making it the largest city in the United States to extend the vote to lawful permanent residents and non-citizens authorized to work in the US. The municipal legislation, Int. 1867 grants the vote to noncitizen “municipal voters,” defined as [...]

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Tuesday that it had settled with Microsoft Corporation over claims of discrimination against non-US citizen employees, including discrimination against lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees. The settlement occurred after the spouse of an applicant for a position at Microsoft reported discrimination to the DoJ Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant [...]

The Parliament of Lithuania extended the country’s state of emergency in response to the ongoing EU border crisis with Belarus Tuesday, claiming that an ongoing “critical situation” regarding the influx of migrants from Belarus justified continued emergency operations. The ruling of the Seimas, or Lithuanian parliament, extends the state of emergency to January 15. The [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Thursday joined a growing group of organizations critiquing the United States’ reimplementation of its Migration Protection Protocols (MPP) program, also known as “Remain in Mexico.” The Biden Administration restarted the Trump-era MPP this month after a Supreme Court order held that President Biden’s cancellation of the program [...]

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that it would begin re-implementing the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, a Trump-era policy also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy for asylum seekers. The announcement follows an August US Supreme Court order requiring the MPP to restart over the Biden Administration’s objections. The Remain [...]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced Monday that it was increasing resources for humanitarian aid for migrants on the Poland-Belarus border, in addition to providing additional options for repatriation and voluntary return to their home countries. The IOM estimates that there are currently 2,000 migrants on the border and that many are vulnerable to [...]