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Andrew Kreighbaum

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Immigration and labor reporter @bloomberglaw.com. Covering the legal and policy landscape affecting immigrant workers in the US. Member of @wbng.org Email: akreighbaum@bloombergindustry.com Signal: kreighbaum.85 More reporting: aboutblaw.com/bj21

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 16h
The Trump administration has slowed the application process for would-be citizens, deciding 73% fewer naturalization cases over the past year — extending wait times for immigrants hoping to cast a ballot, reunite with family members, or be protected from deportation.
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Citizenship Approvals Plummet a Year Into Trump’s Second Term
The Trump administration has slowed the application process for would-be citizens, deciding 73% fewer naturalization cases over the past year — extending wait times for immigrants hoping to cast a ballot, reunite with family members, or be protected from deportation.
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Ximena Bustillo @ximenabustillo.bsky.social · 22h
As DHS touted fewer naturalizations, @kreighbaum.bsky.social + I were looking at the data. Apps are down, approvals are down, denials are up, wait times doubled. We also uncovered some people experience months-long gaps between approvals and their final oaths. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Citizenship Approvals Plummet a Year Into Trump’s Second Term
The Trump administration has slowed the application process for would-be citizens, deciding 73% fewer naturalization cases over the past year — extending wait times for immigrants hoping to cast a bal...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Immigration judges installed on a permanent basis since Trump returned to office have denied 49% of asylum applications that went before them from Oct 2025 through Aug 2026, compared to 41% among previously appointed judges, @ccastronuovo.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Immigration Judges Are More Likely to Reject Asylum Claims
Immigrants have increasingly lost asylum claims since President Donald Trump returned to office, and are more likely to lose if their case is before one of his administration’s newest immigration judg...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A 30-day comment period will open for the proposal Wednesday. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-20941.pdf
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
DHS plans to eliminate deference to prior approvals of H-1B workers for extension requests with no changes to employment.
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Deference to Prior H-1B Worker Approvals Nixed in DHS Proposal
A policy of deferring to previous approvals for H-1B employees and other workers with temporary status would be eliminated under a Trump administration proposal.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
DHS released new civil fine regulations Friday a little over a week after a federal judge blocked enforcement of fines issued under a 2025 interim final rule. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration is proposing to add fees up to $100,000 for Optional Practical Training, a key program for international college graduates pursuing careers in the US.
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DHS Proposes New $100,000 Fee on Foreign Grad Work Program (1)
The Department of Homeland Security aims to add a charge of up to $100,000 for participation in an employment program for international graduates of US colleges.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
DHS said by July it had issued 103,000 fines totaling $84 billion to pressure immigrants to leave the country.
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DHS Issues $84 Billion in Civil Fines Against Immigrants in US
The Department of Homeland Security has issued more than 103,000 civil fines against immigrants totaling $84 billion, the agency announced.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As we previously reported, the Trump administration has filed civil suits, seized tax refunds, and referred immigrants to debt collectors to obtain payment for fines as large as $1.8 million.
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Trump Is Taking Immigrants to Court, Seeking Millions in Fines
The Trump administration has issued thousands of fines against immigrants and has started taking people to court, seizing their tax refunds, and demanding payments for being in the US illegally, accor...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A Boston judge blocked ICE from enforcing massive civil penalties for civil immigration violations. Since issuing 2025 regulations, the agency's dramatically expanded fines for infractions like failure to leave the US after a removal order.
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Judge Blocks ICE Rule Imposing Civil Immigration Penalties (1)
A Boston district court judge halted a Trump administration overhaul of guardrails for civil immigration penalties.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Supreme Court vacated a Ninth Circuit decision finding the elimination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Haitians unlawful. Justices remanded the case to the appellate court to reconsider in light of their ruling in Mullin v. Doe, which put TPS decisions outside judicial review.
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Justices Return Case on Nixed Venezuelan Immigrant Protections
The US Supreme Court vacated and remanded a circuit court’s ruling that the Department of Homeland Security’s elimination of deportation protections for Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants was unlawful.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Healthcare groups told DHS its latest six-figure H-1B fee plan would cut off an essential recruitment tool for safety-net providers. In rural and underserved areas, international physicians aren't just part of the workforce, "they are the workforce,” the National Rural Health Association said.
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Trump H-1B Fee Proposal Tees Up Fight Over Congress’ Authority
A proposed six-figure fee on H-1B workers is so prohibitive that it likely violates the law without clear authorization from Congress, employers warned in comments, offering a glimpse of potential arg...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yesterday an Oakland federal judge issued the second order blocking President Trump's $100,000 H-1B fee proclamation. It was also the first court decision against the administration since the White House extended the proclamation earlier this month.
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Judge Halts $100,000 H-1B Worker Fee Memos in Blow to Trump (1)
A federal judge in California blocked federal agencies’ implementation of a $100,000 Trump administration charge for businesses to hire workers on H-1B visas.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It remains blocked by a court order, but the White House is renewing its $100,000 H-1B fee proclamation for another year.
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Trump Extends $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee That’s Tied Up in Court (1)
President Donald Trump extended for another year a $100,000 payment requirement for employers seeking to bring certain H-1B workers into the US, saying the restriction has reduced the reliance on lowe...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The DHS rule restricting F-1 students to limited periods of admission to the US was just blocked by a Boston judge the day before it was set to take effect.
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DHS Rule Limiting Foreign Students’ Time in US Blocked by Court
A federal judge halted new Trump administration restrictions on international students’ admission to the US.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
DOT said the new eligibility restrictions were based on safety concerns, but unions challenging the rule say that's a pretext with no factual basis. States and local governments that backing the suit warn the rule will endanger emergency responses and other essential services like school transport.
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Trump Slashing of Foreign Trucking Workforce Hits Appeals Court
The DC Circuit will weigh Tuesday whether to greenlight a Trump administration rule that effectively bans nearly 200,000 foreign drivers from holding commercial drivers licenses in an effort it says i...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A Department of Transportation rule that stripped eligibility for commercial driver's licenses from nearly 200,000 foreign truckers will go before a DC Circuit panel this week. The rule is part of a broader crackdown by the Trump administration on the immigrant driving workforce.
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Trump Slashing of Foreign Trucking Workforce Hits Appeals Court
The DC Circuit will weigh Tuesday whether to greenlight a Trump administration rule that effectively bans nearly 200,000 foreign drivers from holding commercial drivers licenses in an effort it says i...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Those workers since 2017 have been allowed that window on a discretionary basis to find a new sponsor or change to a different status. A 60-day comment period on the proposal will open Friday. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18631.pdf
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
DHS has proposed eliminating a 60-day grace period for H-1B workers and others on temporary visa classifications after a job loss.
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H-1B Workers’ Grace Period After Layoff Nixed in DHS Proposal
The 60-day window granted to foreign workers to find a new sponsor after a job loss would be eliminated in a Trump administration proposal.
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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Castañeda believes ending Salvadoran TPS could delay some of Trump’s own construction projects in DC. “Right now, there’s a heliport being finished in front of the White House, as well as the ballroom. Many are Salvadorans working legally with TPS.” specne.ws/DwtW5p
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The new fee proposal is even more expansive. And estimates could reduce it could H-1B filings by up to 91%, undermining the administration’s stated goal of raising revenue. But DHS has used the rosiest of assumptions to project the impact of its new fee proposal.
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H-1B Demand Plummeted in Fallout From Trump’s First $100,000 Fee
The Trump administration’s initial six-figure charge for some H-1B workers led to a sharp drop in demand from the program’s biggest users in the IT staffing and tech industries.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What effect will the recently proposed $103k H-1B have? If data on Trump’s first six-figure charge last year is a guide, it will lead to a major drop in use of the program. Lottery entries by the tech and IT staffing firms most heavily affected fell by 85 to 100%.
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H-1B Demand Plummeted in Fallout From Trump’s First $100,000 Fee
The Trump administration’s initial six-figure charge for some H-1B workers led to a sharp drop in demand from the program’s biggest users in the IT staffing and tech industries.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Children of foreign diplomats have long been an exception to birthright citizenship. New DHS regulations that take effect next week would expand that carve out to broader groups of foreign government workers.
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Foreign Government Workers’ Kids Targeted in New Birthright Rule
A new Department of Homeland Security rule aims to deny recognition of citizenship to children born in the US whose parents are foreign government employees.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A newly released DHS rule aims to block recognition of citizenship for children born to foreign government employees in the US.
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Foreign Government Workers’ Kids Targeted in New Birthright Rule
A new Department of Homeland Security rule aims to deny recognition of citizenship to children born in the US whose parents are foreign government employees.
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This post is making the rounds but FYI, it's misleading. The Trump administration cut these trees down in October 2025, almost a year ago. This work isn't new. It's sad but these terrace garden beds facing the Potomac are too shallow for willows to grow forever and several were damaged by storms.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
H-1B workers would lose a 60-day grace period after a job loss in a DHS proposal nearing public release.
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H-1B Workers to Lose Grace Period in White House-Approved Plan
A plan to eliminate the 60-day window for H-1B workers to find new employment after a job loss has received approval from a key White House office, signaling its public release soon.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Attorneys say the $103,000 H-1B fee suffers from the same fundamental flaw as a previous six-figure charge: its an unlawful tax. Legal challenges are virtually certain to follow after the rule is finalized. I preview some of the issues that will be central to litigation here:
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Trump $103,000 H-1B Charge Tests Bounds of Fee-Setting Authority
The latest Trump effort to impose new costs for skilled foreign workers makes unprecedented use of statutory fee-setting powers, aiming to recoup immigration system expenses far beyond the H-1B visa p...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Trump proposal for a $103,000 charge on H-1B workers makes unprecedented use of fee-setting authority in both its size and its aim to collect revenue for a broad swathe of federal agencies.
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Trump $103,000 H-1B Charge Tests Bounds of Fee-Setting Authority
The latest Trump effort to impose new costs for skilled foreign workers makes unprecedented use of statutory fee-setting powers, aiming to recoup immigration system expenses far beyond the H-1B visa p...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Farmworkers hired under the Trump H-2A wage framework could get backpay if they received lower hourly wages than they would have under a new court-ordered rule.
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Trump Seasonal Farmworker Wage Cuts Found Unlawful by Court (1)
A Labor Department rule slashing mandated wages for farmworkers on seasonal visas must be replaced with new wage standards, a California district judge ruled.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Department of Labor violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it issued a rule overhauling pay rates for H-2A farmworkers, Judge Kirk E. Sherriff found. Rather than immediately vacate the rule, he's directing DOL to produce a new wage methodology.
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Trump Seasonal Farmworker Wage Cuts Found Unlawful by Court (1)
A Labor Department rule slashing mandated wages for farmworkers on seasonal visas must be replaced with new wage standards, a California district judge ruled.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A Trump administration rule that slashed wages for seasonal farmworkers is unlawful, a federal judge in California ruled Wednesday.
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Trump Seasonal Farmworker Wage Cuts Found Unlawful by Court (1)
A Labor Department rule slashing mandated wages for farmworkers on seasonal visas must be replaced with new wage standards, a California district judge ruled.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another DHS rule is under review at the White House that would revisit eligibility for exemptions to the annual cap on the H-1B program.
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H-1B Rule Boosting Program Oversight Moves to White House Review
A Department of Homeland Security proposal increasing scrutiny of H-1B contracting firms and revising eligibility for annual cap exemptions is under review at the Office of Information and Regulatory ...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 24/08/2026
The Trump administration is proposing to add a new $100,000 fee for H-1B workers hired within the US, a massive new cost for the primary option to employ skilled foreign professionals
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New $100,000 H-1B Fee Planned for Visa Workers Already in US
The Trump administration wants to add an even more expansive $100,000 fee on the H-1B program, applying it to individuals hired within the US through regulation after a court blocked a more limited six-figure charge on workers from outside the country.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Trump administration is proposing a new six-figure fee for the H-1B program. A Department of Homeland Security rule released Monday would hit all new-cap subject H-1B petitions with a $103,265 charge.
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New $100,000 H-1B Fee Planned for Foreign Workers Already in US
The Trump administration is proposing to add a new $100,000 fee for H-1B workers hired within the US, a massive new cost for the primary option to employ skilled foreign professionals.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18/08/2026
Via @kathrynpost.bsky.social: As ICE closes in, Ohio churches line up families to care for Haitian kids left behind religionnews.com/2026/08/17/a...
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As ICE closes in, Ohio churches line up families to care for Haitian kids left behind
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — In Springfield, Ohio, ICE shifts tactics to stealth raids and ankle monitors. Churches are responding by helping Haitian parents line up temporary caregivers, preparing for t...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The NewsGuild-CWA is also participating in the suit because of the DHS rule’s restrictions on international media members. They’re limited to admission for 240 days before an extension is required.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The DHS rule requires F-1 students to seek extensions to remain in the US past four years. The agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to adequately weigh the costs of that policy shift, plaintiffs say.
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Unions, College Groups Challenge Limits on Foreign Students
The United Auto Workers and American Federation of Teachers are joining college groups in suing over new Trump restrictions on admission periods for international students.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
UAW and the American Federation of Teachers along with several higher ed groups are challenging new Trump restrictions on admission periods of international students.
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One year ago today Camp East Montana officially opened as a detention camp for immigrants. The site is the largest detention center in the U.S. and it's first year has been marked by death, abuses, and a served as a symbol of corruption and mismanagement. Here is my story looking back:
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Camp East Montana: A year of deaths, controversy and management woes
Camp East Montana is marking one year of operation on Fort Bliss in El Paso. The year has been marked by criticism and calls for its closure.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I keep thinking about this story. It's unusual to get such specific data illustrating how some writers get a very different set of filing standards, opportunities, and second chances — especially in a very challenging job and freelance media market — and which other writers do not.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
ICE has started its crackdown in Springfield, Ohio -- the town where JD Vance accused Haitians of eating dogs and cats. Residents reported "a caravan of vehicles" conducting raids. One unnamed neighbor "praised all the Haitians who live around him." www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
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Springfield Haitians in ICE custody following immigration enforcement
Several Haitians from Springfield are in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in the Butler County Jail following an apparent increase in enforcement after the official end of Temporary Protect...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 14/08/2026
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...
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Haitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio's ICE offices and wear ankle monitors • Ohio Capital Journal
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
JUST IN: #SCOTUS just took this DOJ cert petition in TPS case off Sept. 28, 'long' conference docket & asked immigration advocates to respond, even though they'd said they didn't plan to due to impact of court's June TPS ruling on ruling below www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The BIA under Trump has decided cases overwhelmingly against immigrants. And as @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social noted, the panel didn't need to address the issue for its decision in the underlying case, which involved the timeliness of a motion to reopen. Read it here: www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A BIA panel found travel even with government authorization triggers multi-year bars on green card eligibility if immigrants have been in the US unlawfully for significant periods. That upends a decade of precedent allowing DACA holders to obtain permanent residency without those penalties.
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DACA Green Card Options Narrowed in Justice Department Decision
A ruling from a Justice Department administrative panel has curtailed green card options for DACA recipients, adding significant risks if they leave the US even with government travel authorization.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A Board of Immigration appeals decision blocks a pathway to green cards for DACA holders, the latest development under the Trump administration curtailing immigrants’ options for long-term status.
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DACA Green Card Options Narrowed in Justice Department Decision
A ruling from a Justice Department administrative panel has curtailed green card options for DACA recipients, adding significant risks if they leave the US even with government travel authorization.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The company that makes the electric shock gloves ICE is eyeing for agents previously had a $400,000 contract with the Pentagon, a @bgov.com analysis of procurement data found.
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Pentagon Has Bought Conductive ‘De-escalation’ Gloves ICE Wants
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is following the Defense Department in contracting with a company that makes voltage-emitting gloves, according to Bloomberg Government data.
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The State Department has launched a task force targeting birth tourism, a new priority for President Trump after his Supreme Court loss on birthright citizenship. The task force already revoked visas for 600 individuals connected to birth tourism schemes, the agency said.
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Birth Tourism Schemes Targeted by State Department Task Force
The State Department is launching a task force to prevent exploitation of visa programs for birth tourism, a new priority for President Donald Trump in the wake of his US Supreme Court loss on birthri...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Immigrant groups have pursued new strategies to win court relief in the wake of the Supreme Court's June 25 that cut off procedural challenges on TPS. Lawsuits in multiple courts have argued TPS authority was never transferred from the attorney general. Now that claim has failed two initial tests.
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New Claims Seeking to Preserve TPS Fall Short in Courts (1)
Separate federal district courts rejected claims that the Homeland Security secretary lacks authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status, in the first tests of novel arguments to preserve the pro...
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Court orders preserving Temporary Protected Status are no longer in effect for Burma and South Sudan. Separate district courts Friday rejected novel claims from plaintiffs that the DHS Secretary didn't have authority to terminate the protections.
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New Claims Seeking to Preserve TPS Fall Short in Courts (1)
Separate federal district courts rejected claims that the Homeland Security secretary lacks authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status, in the first tests of novel arguments to preserve the pro...
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