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Asylum and immigration court news from other sources
Headlines from government agencies, legal blogs and newsrooms we read every week, newest first. Each link goes to the original publisher.
- ¿Qué es el TPS? (opens Immigrant Legal Resource Center in a new tab)
- Latest on TPS (opens Immigrant Legal Resource Center in a new tab)
- How Europe Was Transformed by the 2015-16 Migration and Refugee Crisis (opens Migration Policy Institute in a new tab)
- Why Pete Hegseth could fall through "thin ice" (opens Axios in a new tab)
- Trump administration held talks with Iran on deporting Iranians during the war, court documents show (opens PBS NewsHour in a new tab)
- Brooklyn Asylum Seeker Breaks 30-Day Hunger Strike in ICE Detention in Georgia (opens THE CITY in a new tab)
- Hispanic civil rights group wants Democrats they helped get elected to get 'ICE out' (opens Border Report in a new tab)
- Assault charge dropped against U.S. citizen ICE allegedly shot from behind; lawyers say this isn't over (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- No Notice, Know Problem: Immigration Court Edition (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- Inundated by ICE and Rising Costs of Living, South Texas Returns Home to Democrats (opens Texas Observer in a new tab)
- In California’s Central Valley, ICE Swung a Red District Blue (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
- ILRC Opposes ICE's Anonymous Tip Reporting Form (opens Immigrant Legal Resource Center in a new tab)
- Türkiye: European Court to Rule on Istanbul Mayor’s Detention (opens Human Rights Watch in a new tab)
- "I Voted" stickers become tributes at ICE memorials (opens Axios in a new tab)
- JetBlue hikes baggage fees for the second time this year (opens CBS News in a new tab)
- “Offensive Driving”: ICE’s Deadly Weaponization of Vehicles Against Civilians (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
- Warnings About ICE at the Polls Risk Their Own Kind of Voter Suppression (opens The Intercept in a new tab)
- Haley Stevens faces push for removal from House Dem caucus (opens Axios in a new tab)
- After ProPublica Investigation, House Democrats Demand Answers on U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents (opens ProPublica in a new tab)
- ICE’s Fast-Growing Detention Network Faces Scrutiny amid Record Deaths and Alleged Waste (opens Migration Policy Institute in a new tab)
- Search More Than 500 Cases of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents (opens ProPublica in a new tab)
- Immigration Judges Are Independent, as Long as They Do as They Are Told (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- New Lawsuit Seeks Information About ICE’s Efforts to Restrict Public Access to Records (opens Immigration Impact in a new tab)
- A Tale of Two Cases: How ICE Operates in the Shadows (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- When ICE Makes People Disappear (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- Immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- Litigation-Related Update: Sileiri Doe Class Members May Request Reopening or Reconsideration of an Adverse Decision Without a Fee (opens USCIS alerts in a new tab)
- In Major Setback for Due Process, Fifth Circuit Ruling Denies Immigrants the Opportunity to Challenge Their Detention (opens Immigration Impact in a new tab)
- ICE agents tackle and injure U.S. citizen student with disabilities, local officials say (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- U.S. Deportations and “Self-Deportations” in the First 18 Months of the Second Trump Term (opens Migration Policy Institute in a new tab)
- Can Trump deport Ilhan Omar? (opens Vox in a new tab)
- How Do You Lose an Appeal at the BIA? File an Appeal at the BIA. (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- Deportations During First 18 Months of Trump Administration Reach Highest Level in Years, Albeit Short of All-Time Highs (opens Migration Policy Institute in a new tab)
- ICE Detains People in Secret. The Marshall Project Is Suing to Make It Public. (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- Trump’s plan to deport a member of Congress (opens Vox in a new tab)
- In 100th lawsuit against Trump, California challenges immigration arrests near courthouses (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- Imposition and Collection of Civil Penalties for Certain Immigration-Related Violations (opens Federal Register in a new tab)
- Raw Chicken, Malnutrition and Fear: The ‘Nightmare’ of Being Pregnant in an ICE Detention Camp (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- California's 'No Vigilantes Act' requiring ID from immigration agents blocked by 9th Circuit (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- Renée Good’s Family Files Lawsuits Challenging Federal Immunity as ICE Shootings Continue (opens Immigration Impact in a new tab)
- As thousands sit in ICE detention, one woman is fighting to bring her husband home (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- USCIS Opens Asylum Office in Charlotte (opens USCIS alerts in a new tab)
- ‘Normalize Bad Tactics’: ICE Keeps Shooting at People in Cars (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- Physicians in an Era of Changing Immigration Policy: The Case of Nephrology (opens Migration Policy Institute in a new tab)
- ICE Is Detaining Children in Hotels Where Families and Lawyers Can’t Find Them (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- Tracking Trump’s Immigration Crackdown on Children (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- ICE Has Arrested Twice As Many Children This Year (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- Mold, larvae and dehydration: New report paints grim picture inside Adelanto ICE facility (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- ICE detainees sprayed with toxic cleaner during COVID crisis to get six-figure payout in settlement (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- Third-Country Deportees Are in Danger and Need Our Help (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- Immigrants in Texas ICE Camp Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Indefinite Detention (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- Private prison company sues California over civil rights law for immigrant detainees (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- Department of Homeland Security buys two more detention centers in California for $950 million (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- U.S. sends torture survivor back to Nicaragua, where he is immediately jailed again (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- Why hasn't the Trump administration decided the fate of TPS for Salvadorans? (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- The Democrats who bet wrong on ICE (opens Vox in a new tab)
- Newsom vetoes bills to block federal immigration agents from state employment (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- USCIS Announces FY 2027 Inflation Increase for Certain Immigration-Related Fees (opens USCIS alerts in a new tab)
- Planning for Detention and Deportation (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- USCIS Adjusts EB-5 Fees to Cover Program Costs and Strengthen Integrity Measures (opens USCIS alerts in a new tab)
- 'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- His mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicide (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
- ICE Says It Can Detain Immigrants as Long as It Wants. Will the Supreme Court Agree? (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- Fifth Circuit Hears Major Case Over Right to Challenge Immigration Detention (opens Immigration Impact in a new tab)
- Pro Bono: Doing Good for Others - and for Yourself (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- The Courage to Save Our Souls (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- ICE Treatment of Transgender Women Reversing Years-Long Practices (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- Inside the ‘Shadow Surge’ Driving ICE Arrests to New Heights (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- ‘I Am Afraid of Losing a Life That Took Decades to Build’: Salvadorans Await Loss of TPS (opens The Marshall Project in a new tab)
- The Unjust Justification for Revoking Asylum Seekers’ Visas (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- A federal judge just discovered a whole new way to place ICE above the law (opens Vox in a new tab)
- Trump’s new mass deportation target (opens Vox in a new tab)
- More Sneaky Ways to Deny Asylum, Courtesy of the Asylum Office (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- Inflation Adjustment for EOIR OBBBA Fees; Fiscal Year 2027 (opens Federal Register in a new tab)
- The Time to Pay the Asylum Fee Is Now (opens The Asylumist in a new tab)
- Civil Money Penalty for Actions in Contempt of an Immigration Judge's Proper Exercise of Authority (opens Federal Register in a new tab)
- The Trump asylum change that could fast-track deportations (opens Vox in a new tab)
- The Center for Migration Studies Condemns the Termination of TPS for Haitians and Syrians (opens Center for Migration Studies in a new tab)
Videos worth watching
Explainers from government, nonprofits, newsrooms and lawyers, ordered by views. Links open YouTube; nothing from YouTube loads on this site.
- Mock Asylum Interview (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Why seeking asylum in America is so difficult (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Supreme Court allows Trump to restart controversial third-country deportations (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- News Wrap: Supreme Court allows Trump's deportations to third countries, for now (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Training: How to Fill out the USA Asylum Application Form (Full tutorial, Step-by-step form I-589) (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Individual Model Hearing (John Doe, Case Number 123-456-789) (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Master Calendar Model Hearing (John Doe, Case Number 123-456-789) (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- INTRODUCTION TO IMMIGRATION COURT (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Motions to Reopen or Reconsider (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Trump officials considering rule that would keep asylum-seekers from getting work permits (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Breaking down Supreme Court's immigration rulings favorable to Trump (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Substantive Law: Asylum, Withholding of Removal & Protection Under the UN Convention Against Torture (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- How to apply for a work permit ONLINE as an asylum seeker (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- How to Fill Out an Asylum Application (Form I-589) - Part 1 (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- How the Supreme Court immigration rulings could impact asylum in the U.S. (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Credible Fear Interview, Step by Step (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Asylum After One Year in the United States (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- How to pay the annual asylum fee to USCIS (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- How to change your address with the immigration court ONLINE (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Asylum Case Denied in Immigration Court? Here's How to Appeal a Judge's Deportation Order to the BIA (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Asylum clock for work permits (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- How to pay the annual asylum fee in immigration court (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- The Application for Asylum, Form I-589 - PAPER version (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Ordered Deported and Didn't Know It? The In Absentia Removal (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- What is Voluntary Departure? 🤔 (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- USCIS ends automatic EAD extensions: what workers and HR must know (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- How to Check Your Asylum Clock (And What to Do If It Stops) (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Biometrics appointments (fingerprint appointments) for asylum seekers (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- "What is Humanitarian Asylum Law?" Sarah Sherman-Stokes BU Law (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- 5 Things You Need to Know About Going to Immigration Court (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- What is a Petition for Review (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Pro Se BIA Appeal | Episode 1: Introduction to BIA Appeals (opens YouTube in a new tab)
En español
- Asilo político o refugio en Estados Unidos: esto es lo que debes hacer para aplicar (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- INTRODUCCIÓN AL TRIBUNAL DE INMIGRACIÓN (opens YouTube in a new tab)
- Qué esperar en su primera audiencia en la corte de inmigración: explicación del calendario maestro (opens YouTube in a new tab)
Updated November 5, 2026. Sources: Axios, Border Report, CBS News, Center for Migration Studies, Federal Register, Human Rights Watch, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Immigration Impact, Los Angeles Times, Migration Policy Institute, PBS NewsHour, ProPublica, THE CITY, Texas Observer, The Asylumist, The Intercept, The Marshall Project, USCIS alerts, Vox. These are other publishers' headlines and articles. We link to them; we do not write, control or endorse them, and they are not legal advice. For what the law says, see our own rule tracker and posts.
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