Immigration

• Judge warns Trump administration from changing plaintiffs immigration status in First Amendment case - A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, can seek relief from the cou
• U.S. freezes new immigrant visas for 75 countries: See the full list - The U.S. said Wednesday it will pause issuing immigrant visas to citizens of 75 countries over concerns that they may use public assistance in the future.
• Why this legal expert says the Minnesota and Illinois immigration lawsuits ‘are close to completely meritless’ - Illinois and Minnesota sued the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown. But they have a tough road ahead of them in court, one legal analyst says.
• Immigration policy fights expected to take center stage as Tennessee Legislature reconvenes - As the Tennessee Legislature reconvenes this week, Republicans have signalled that immigration, for a second year in a row, will be a central policy priority. A Republican supermajority controls both the Tennessee House and Senate. On Monda
• What to know about the warrants most immigration agents use to make arrests - As the Trump administration intensifies immigration enforcement nationwide, a wave of high-profile arrests — many unfolding at private homes and businesses and captured on video — has pushed one legal question into the center of the nationa
• ICE agents fatally shoot woman in Minneapolis, DHS says - A video shows ICE agents approaching a woman in a car on a Minneapolis street and telling her to exit the vehicle. She was shot as she pulls away.
• Hilton shares fall after DHS says Minneapolis hotel canceled reservation due to immigration enforcement - "We are not allowing any ICE or immigration agents to stay at our property," an email cited by DHS said.
• Case dropped against TikTok streamer who was shot by US immigration agents - Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who livestreams LA breaking news, was accused of ramming car into federal officers’ vehicles
• Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California - Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling that would block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining immigrants who show up to court hearings in Northern California.
• H-1B visa applicants face more disruptions amid social media checks and wage protection rules - The U.S. administration has lined up a slew of actions to restrict the use of H-1B visas by businesses.