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Asylum Seekers

The use of the CBP One app by asylum seekers to schedule appointments and access CBP inspection.

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Jan 16, 2026
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Did Obama give due process to illegals

The Obama administration implemented enforcement priorities and programs that both preserved some procedural protections and, according to multiple civil‑rights and labor groups, accelerated removals ...

Jan 13, 2026
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What legal protections and rights do migrants have when ICE takes custody?

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) takes someone into custody, constitutional protections—like the right to remain silent and limited Fourth Amendment protections at the door—apply, but th...

Feb 6, 2026

How have CBP Home/CBP One apps been used historically to track or facilitate migrant departures?

One (rebranded CBP Home) began as a logistics tool in 2020 and was expanded from 2022–2023 into a central digital channel for migrants to schedule processing at , for some parole programs, and later t...

Feb 5, 2026

What official records (court or ICE) are publicly available about Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias’s immigration or criminal case?

A searchable federal court docket and multiple court orders, including an emergency habeas petition and a written opinion ordering release, are publicly available in the litigation filed by (filed as ...

Feb 4, 2026

How does the Dignity Act 2025 address border security?

of 2025 addresses through a layered package of measures that combine increased personnel and pay, new physical and technological infrastructure, tougher criminal penalties and operational reforms at p...

Jan 25, 2026

Did the kid who got taken by ICE today break any laws? Was he a citizen?

Reporting shows a identified by school officials as was detained by in the area and transported with his father to the family detention facility in . Available public reporting identifies the child as...

Jan 23, 2026

What legal remedies exist for people subject to expedited removal or detained without counsel?

sharply narrows procedural safeguards: people usually have no right to counsel, no hearing before an immigration judge, and no ordinary appeal to the , which means typical paths for review are curtail...

Jan 22, 2026

How do human rights organizations perceive ICE's treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers?

Human rights organizations broadly characterize ’s treatment of immigrants and as abusive, harmful to health and due process, and part of a wider “mass deportation” enforcement drive that undermines i...

Jan 12, 2026

How did IIRIRA change asylum procedures and protections in 1996?

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) overhauled U.S. removal law and imposed new procedural gates on asylum seekers—most notably creating expedited removal ...

Jan 11, 2026

How did the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act change deportation procedures?

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) fundamentally rewrote how the United States removes noncitizens by streamlining and accelerating removal procedures, ex...