On April 30, the Trump administration postponed immigration court hearings for asylum seekers waiting in Mexico under the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Asylum seekers with hearings scheduled through June 1 should wait until instructed, then appear at the border to get new hearing dates. As of last Friday, there were about 25,000 asylum seekers waiting in Mexico.
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CNN reports that despite much of the country being shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DOJ has continued to hold some deportation hearings, including those of unaccompanied minors. Given guidelines on social distancing, many of these hearings are being conducted remotely, with the judge, attorneys, and the child all participating from separate locations.
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DHS issued a final rule delaying the date for card-based enforcement of the REAL ID Act regulations from October 1, 2020, to October 1, 2021. Beginning on October 1, 2021, federal agencies may not accept a state-issued driver’s license or identification card for official purposes from any individual unless such license or card is a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or identification card.
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The Second Circuit held that INA §242(a)(2)(C)’s jurisdictional provision applies only to cases in which the immigration judge has found a petitioner removable based on covered criminal activity and does not apply where the petitioner’s order of removal is based solely on unlawful presence.
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MALDEF filed a complaint on behalf of six U.S. citizens who were denied federal stimulus checks because they filed joint tax returns with spouses who use an Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) to pay taxes. A U.S. citizen from Illinois also filed a class action suit against the administration, alleging that the denial of stimulus checks to U.S. citizens married to immigrants who don’t hold Social Security numbers violates his constitutional rights.
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DHS published a notice in the Federal Register containing the text of the Asylum Cooperative Agreement between the United States and Honduras, which was signed on September 25, 2019.
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DOS announced that starting June 1, 2020, the National Visa Center (NVC) will no longer accept or respond to inquiries through mail. Any unsolicited mail postmarked June 1, 2020, or later will not receive a response and will be destroyed. All inquiries will need to be submitted through the NVC’s Public Inquiry Form.
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The DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that, with the decommissioning of the iCERT System, the publishing of application processing times has been transitioned to the FLAG System website.
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