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BIA Drops Hammer on Aliens Filing Late Motions to Reopen and to Stay Removal Orders

As the Board of Immigration Appeals noted in 2017, there’s “an important public interest in the finality of immigration proceedings”. Despite that, for decades aliens have ignored...

BIA: Illegal Alien Adult with Pending ‘Special Immigrant Juvenile’ Claim Is Subject to Detention

Trump II is attempting to mitigate what it terms as “vulnerabilities in the integrity of the SIJ program”, including use of the special immigrant juvenile process by adult aliens s...

BIA: Consider Aliens’ Crimes, Not Just their Convictions, in Exercising the AG’s Discretion

In Matter of Mills, the Board of Immigration Appeals (1) sets limits on how the attorney general’s discretion should be applied and (2) clarifies that in granting discretionary rel...

SCOTUS Clarifies How CBP Can Decide to Parole Green Card Holders for Prosecution

The Supreme Court’s opinion is dispositive on one crucial issue: The INA doesn’t impose a burden on CBP officers at the ports, “entrusted with making quick judgments on the spot”,...

Appeals court reverses decision on immigrant detention, leaving no-bond policy in place

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a July 2 panel decision requiring bond hearings for immigrants held under the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy. ...

Appeals court reverses decision on immigrant detention, leaving no-bond policy in place

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a July 2 panel decision requiring bond hearings for immigrants held under the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy. ...

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Expanded Expedited Removal Policy

Supreme Court Ends Immigration Judges' Lawsuit, Chastises Fourth Circuit

"Federal courts are not 'roving commissions,' licensed to 'sally forth each day looking for wrongs to right,'” the high court said. "The court of appeals lost sight of those princi...

Appeals court reverses decision on immigrant detention, leaving no-bond policy in place

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a July 2 panel decision requiring bond hearings for immigrants held under the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy. ...

DOJ: Immigration Court Asylum Grants Plummet

Expect asylum denials to increase and grants to decline, both in real numbers and as a percentage of total decisions, at least as long as Trump is president. Part of that has to do...

Court sides with Trump administration in dispute over immigration judges, declines to hear Florida suit against other st...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning reversed a ruling by a federal appeals court that had revived a dispute over a policy governing speaking engagements by immigration judges. In...

Federal appeals court rules undocumented immigrants deserve hearing before deportation

The 2-1 ruling stems from the detention of three longtime Texas residents. The Trump administration argued they didn’t deserve a bond hearing because the government plans to deport...

US Supreme Court eases burden on border officers in green card holder removal cases

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigration officers are not required to have clear and convincing evidence that a returning lawful permanent resident committed a crime inv...

Supreme Court Affirms Limits on Judicial Power in Immigration Detention Challenge

In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Barrett, the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court and reinforced a familiar theme of the current Term: when Congress channels review into a...

Matter of A-C-M- and Removal to Ecuador on the Papers: Summary Judgment Comes to Immigration Court

How a three-decision trilogy and the U.S.–Ecuador Asylum Cooperative Agreement let the government deport a pro se Venezuelan to a country the State Department tells Americans not t...

A Charge Is Enough: Blanche v. Lau and the Green-Card Holder’s New Limbo. Proof Can Wait. Your Status Can’t: Blanche v....

Law Offices of Michael D. Baker, Chicago U.S. Supreme CourtOct. Term 2025 A green card is supposed to mean you belong here. Blanche v. Lau says it means that only until a border of...

Trump administration in court win allowed to conduct nationwide fast-track deportations

WASHINGTON — An appeals court Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to use fast-track deportations within the interior of the country and not just at the Southern bo...

Trump administration in court win allowed to conduct nationwide fast-track deportations

WASHINGTON — An appeals court Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to use fast-track deportations within the interior of the country and not just at the Southern bo...

The Adjudicator’s Field Manual, Made Usable: A Searchable Reference with Live USCIS Status and Caselaw

Adjudicator’s Field Manual — Working Reference Law Offices of Michael D. Baker Adjudicator’s Field Manual Working reference · 163 sections · 30 chapters Live Superseded Reserved ⚖ ...

D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Trump Administration Expedited Removal Policy (Is an En Banc Petition to Follow?)

Is the D.C. Circuit willing to allow "conservative" panel decisions on hot-button issues to stand? And is en banc review more than a way to ensure further review at One First Stree...

Federal Government Appeals Major Immigration Rulings as Court Temporarily Revives $100,000 H-1B Fee: Our Analysis for EB...

In 2026, several of the Trump administration’s immigration policies have already resulted in major federal court challenges. Between June 5 and June 12, 2026, two major immigration...

Supreme Court Clarifies When Returning Green Card Holders May Be Treated as Applicants for Admission

D.C. Appeals Court Greenlights Trump’s Expedited Deportations

A federal appeals court gave the Trump administration the green light to resume its fast-track removal of illegal aliens throughout the United States on Tuesday. In a 2-1 ruling, t...

Supreme Court Addresses Rights of Green Card Holders in Blanche v. Lau

The Supreme Court of the United States’ opinion in Blanche v. Lau, No. 25-429 (June 23, 2026), reshapes how border officers may treat returning green card holders suspected of havi...