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Update: On February 24, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a registry page on its website and announced it will be setting up a new form and registry process.  Registration will be required of all non-citizens 14 years...

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to revoke temporary legal status for approximately 240,000 Ukrainians who fled to the U.S. amid the conflict with Russia, potentially fast-tracking their deportation. This move is part of a broader effort to dismantle humanitarian...

DHS Offers Protection for Lebanese Nationals Currently in the United States On October 17, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Lebanese nationals (and individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Lebanon),...

While reading the book “And the Show Went On,” by Alan Riding, which details cultural life in France during the German occupation of 1940-1944, I learned about the heroic actions of a young American journalist by the name of Varian...

U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Rule DOMA as Unconstitutional Will Help Bi-national Same-Sex Couples in the United States. The decision on June 26, 2013, issued by the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor, holding that Section 3...

Parole in Place for Spouses, Children, and Parents of Veterans and Military Members New Policy Memorandum from the Obama Administration Makes it Possible for Certain Relatives of Military Members and Veterans to Remain in the U.S. and Possibly Adjust Status...

On March 15, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii issued a worldwide temporary restraining order stopping the government from implementing the 90-day travel ban on entry into the U.S. by immigrants and nonimmigrants from six predominantly...

On October 3, 2018, Federal Judge Edward M. Chen presiding over the United States District Court of the Northern District of California made a groundbreaking decision to grant a preliminary injunction to beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from El...