USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Certain Agency Requests
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS is extending flexibilities that were previously announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to…
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Judge Orders COVID-19 Tests at California Detention Center
The Associated Press reports that a federal judge, on Thursday, ordered ICE to test everyone held at a California immigration detention center for the coronavirus. Noting…
A Canadian immigrant died of COVID-19 in ICE custody this week.
On Wednesday, a 72-year-old Canadian immigrant held in a privately run detention center passed away from COVID-19 complications. James Hill, a doctor, was being deported after serving…
6 more Guatemalans have tested positive for COVID-19 after deportation from the U.S.
At least 6 Guatemalans deported from the U.S. on June 9 tested positive for COVID-19 after arrival. That flight was the first flight of deportees from the…
A second person in ICE custody has died of COVID-19.
On Sunday, a 34-year-old man named Santiago Baten-Oxlag, who was in ICE custody, passed away from COVID-19 complications. Before being admitted to a hospital in Columbus, Georgia,…
The Trump administration is expected to broaden foreign worker bans.
The Trump administration has been looking into expanded foreign worker bans ostensibly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The expected change would expand an existing executive order…
Senators Send Letter Urging DHS to Halt Detention Transfers and Expand Coronavirus Testing
NBC News recently reported that in the past several months, ICE has shuffled hundreds of people in its custody around the country, leading to COVID-19 outbreaks in…
Justice Department Watchdog Reviewing Decision to Keep Immigration Courts Open During Pandemic
CNN reports that the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General is reviewing the Trump administration’s decision to keep the nation’s immigration courts open while COVID-19 swept through…
Deportations from the U.S. are driving up COVID-19 cases in Guatemala.
According to Guatemala’s health minister, flights arriving with deportees from the U.S. have increased the amount of confirmed cases of COVID-19. In one flight, 50-75% of deportees…
Judge Orders ICE to Consider Releasing All Immigrants at Risk of Dying if Infected by Coronavirus
CBS News reports that yesterday, a federal judge in California ordered ICE to actively and rapidly review the cases of all detained immigrants at increased risk of…
NAIJ Submits Motion to File Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Against ICE and EOIR for Handling of Immigration Cases During COVID-19 Crisis
The National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) submitted a motion to file an amicus brief in NIPNLG, et. al. v. EOIR, et. al., a case filed by AILA,…
Today’s COVID-19 Roundup
Today, the CDC published a notice of a new order extending the suspension of entry of certain persons traveling from Canada and Mexico through land ports of…