A Republican senator has put forward a new bill that aims to toughen the rules for legal immigrants who stay in the U. S. beyond their visa's expiration date. This proposal comes after a recent incident in Boulder, Colorado, where a man accused of a terrorist attack was found to have overstayed his visa. The bill, introduced by Sen. Jim Banks from Indiana, suggests ...
The United States is deporting people to countries they have never even been to. This is not a new idea, but it is happening more often. The government says it is because some countries refuse to take back their citizens who have committed crimes in the U. S. But is this really the best solution? Take the case of Tuan Thanh Phan. He was set to be deported to Vie...
The U. S. government recently reached out to El Salvador. They had a request. They wanted a Salvadoran man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, to be sent back to the U. S. The Supreme Court had ordered his release. This was a big deal. The U. S. had sent him to El Salvador by mistake. They were supposed to keep him in the U. S. This was a clear violation of a court order....
Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University, is currently in a tough spot. He is facing deportation and has been detained by immigration authorities. This all started when he was arrested without a warrant. The Department of Homeland Security claims that there were urgent circumstances that justified this action. They also mentioned that they believed K...
The Supreme Court made a sudden decision late one night. It stopped the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelans held in Texas. This move was unusual and happened quickly. Justice Samuel Alito was not happy about it. He wrote a strong disagreement. He said the court acted too fast and without enough information. Alito was joined by Justice Clarence Thomas. Th...
A young man from Georgia found himself in a confusing situation. Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old, was driving into Florida for work. He was pulled over by the Florida Highway Patrol. He was then arrested for being an "unauthorized alien. " This was a mistake. He was born in the United States. The arrest happened because of a new Florida law. This law is suppo...
A student from Columbia University is in a tough spot. His name is Mohsen Mahdawi. He has been living in the United States for ten years. He is a legal permanent resident. He was on his way to take a test to become a U. S. citizen. Instead, he was arrested. Why? The U. S. government thinks his actions could mess up the peace process in the Middle East. This is all be...
It was a regular night when Lisa received a puzzling email from her university. The message stated that her record in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS, had been terminated. This news was confusing and alarming. Lisa was just a month away from graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She soon realized that this termination mean...
The Trump administration faced a significant setback in its efforts to deport Venezuelan nationals. A federal appeals court refused to pause a lower court's decision that questioned the administration's use of a 1798 wartime law for deportations. This law, the Alien Enemies Act, was at the center of a heated legal battle. The court's decision came after a three-judg...
A big court battle is happening in San Francisco. Lawyers are fighting for Venezuelan immigrants. They want a judge to stop a plan that could kick out nearly 350, 000 people. These people are in the U. S. legally. They have something called Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This status lets people from countries in trouble live and work in the U. S. safely. Venezuela...