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• Marine veteran’s wife detained by ICE at green card appointment and separated from her breastfeeding baby.

• ICE is currently detaining approximately 59,000 immigrants, nearly half of whom have no criminal record, and fewer than 30% have been convicted of any crime.

• The Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that required the Trump administration to provide a 15 day notice to migrants prior to deporting them to countries other than their own

• Workplace raids continue despite promises, devastating farming and hospitality industries

• The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision blocking new DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) applications, though current recipients remain protected.

• Today is World Refugee Day, when the world honors the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.

•  Trump administration weighs plan to block work permits for most asylum-seekers.

• USCIS (U.S. Customs and Immigration Services) abruptly ended a policy that  provided a protective status for children who have suffered abuse, neglect, or abandonment.

• After more than 2 months since he was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S.

• 4-year-old girl with a life threatening illness granted another year of humanitarian parole after having her protection revoked by the Trump administration.

• The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to terminate humanitarian parole for more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

• President Trump has signed a proclamation issuing a travel ban prohibiting people from 12 countries from entering the U.S. due to what he calls “security concerns.”

• A federal court ended a 24-year-old Texas law that granted college students without documentation access to in-state tuition.

• The Trump administration has ordered U.S. embassies and consulates to pause scheduling new interviews for student visa applicants.

• A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to lift its pause on humanitarian parole applications from individuals from Afghanistan, Ukraine, and many Latin American and Caribbean countries.

• In an ironic turn of events, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has continued to release migrants charged with being in the country unlawfully to nongovernmental  shelters along the border.

• A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to admit approximately 12,000 refugees under a court order that partially blocks Trump’s efforts to suspend the refugee resettlement program.

• A U.S. District judge ruled that President Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport Venezuelan migrants who are detained in a South Texas detention facility.

• A federal appeals court rejected a request by the Trump administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of over 500,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans living in the U.S.

• President Trump signed two executive orders on Monday that affect immigrants.

• The Trump administration has restored thousands of student visa registrations.

• Last week, three mothers of U.S. citizens were arrested and deported while attending routine check-ins with Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE).

• On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue providing funding for legal representation for unaccompanied minors.

• The Supreme Court issued a rare midnight order temporarily halting further deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) from a detention center in north Texas.

• U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis paused for 7 days her order requiring the Trump administration to provide information on its efforts so far to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia after the Justice Department asked for a stay.

• A federal appeals court affirmed a judge's ruling that prevented the Trump administration from canceling Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.

• The State Dept. is scaling back its annual reports on international human rights.

• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghans and Cameroonians.

• The Trump administration is continuing to revoke the visas of international students, faculty, and researchers.

• The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Trump administration must work to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S.

• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated parole protections for certain people who entered the U.S. through use of the CBP One app.

• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reached a deal with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use protected tax records to help deport immigrants.

• The Supreme Court lifted the order that temporarily blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans.

• A federal judge has paused the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans.

• A federal judge has temporarily restored funding for legal assistance for unaccompanied children after the Trump administration cut funding for the program.

• The Trump administration admitted it made an “administrative error” in the deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man living in Maryland with legal protections.

• A new study found that approximately 1 in 12 Christians could be impacted by mass deportation.

• The Trump administration announced it is terminating humanitarian parole programs for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela

• The Trump administration has almost completely terminated its Unaccompanied Children Program

• President Trump issued a memo targeting immigration attorneys and law firms

Policy and News Updates

• Legal protections for 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict could be revoked as soon as April

• A travel ban by the Trump administration could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the U.S. could be imminent

• The CBP One mobile application is being converted to "CBP Home" and used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to encourage self-deportation

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resumes family detention at a detention center in south Texas

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