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A U.S. federal law that governs immigration and nationality.
Federal law governing ICE activity on tribal lands is a patchwork of immigration statutes, longstanding treaties, congressional statutes like Public Law 280, executive-branch directives, and Departmen...
Yes — ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol (part of Customs and Border Protection, CBP) are separate agencies under the Department of Homeland Security but they routinely work together and share enforcement...
Federal immigration law requires many noncitizens to register with the U.S. government and—if they are subject to the carry rule—to carry proof of that registration or their alien-registration documen...
The statutory backbone for ICE’s power to arrest and detain noncitizens is found primarily in the Immigration and Nationality Act and its implementing statutes—most notably 8 U.S.C. §§ 1226 and 1357—w...
since 2024 have been a frontline check on the -to--era executive push to speed deportations: judges across several jurisdictions have issued injunctions and rulings that block or limit expansions of a...
The U.S. immigration system imposes per-country ceilings that generally limit immigrant visas from any single country to seven percent of certain annual visa pools, with specific percentages and excep...
The June 3–5, 2024 and matching / interim final rule (IFR) triggered immediate lawsuits arguing the measures unlawfully bar asylum for people who cross between ports of entry, exceed presidential stat...
Federal trial judges in , and elsewhere have pushed back against ’s use of internal “administrative” warrants to enter homes, issuing orders that such entries require judicial warrants and even summar...
The cap on annual lawful permanent immigration is a statutory limit written into the as amended in 1990 and remains the baseline ceiling used by federal agencies to allocate family‑, employment‑, and ...
US immigration authorities apply a heightened evidentiary standard—“substantial and probative evidence”—to find marriage fraud, a threshold courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals describe as more...
is determined through a mix of documentary review, administrative processes and court oversight: officials compare identity and status records to legal standards (including mandatory detention categor...
The legal authorities now exercised by ) are the product of centuries of customs and immigration law, consolidated through mid‑20th century statutes like the and finally reorganized under the post‑9/1...
ional ambiguity about whether (Forms I-205/I-210) authorize forcible home entry has been thrust into the spotlight by a recent memo and whistleblower disclosures that instruct agents to use those admi...
in held that an offense may qualify as “relating to obstruction of justice” for the ’s aggravated-felony bar even if the crime does not require a pending investigation or proceeding, resolving a circu...
The (INA) authorizes removal of noncitizens on multiple non-criminal grounds, principally inadmissibility at entry or adjustment, immigration status violations (including unlawful presence and visa ov...
in residential raids is governed by a mix of federal statutes that enable cooperation, state and local laws that can restrict it, and written agreements that deputize local officers—most notably 8 U.S...
State laws treat undocumented immigrants differently from federal immigration law by operating in a complementary but sometimes adversarial sphere: federal law governs status, admission, removal, and ...
A web of constitutional protections, statutory rules, and administrative review mechanisms is designed to prevent the deportation of U.S. citizens and to catch government errors before they result in ...
Derivation of citizenship is the statutory mechanism by which a child born abroad or as a minor can automatically acquire U.S. citizenship through the naturalization or status of a parent rather than ...
The ICE Directive 16001.2 is a formal agency policy requiring ICE officers, agents and attorneys to immediately and carefully investigate and analyze any indication that an individual encountered by I...