/immigration?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Immigration Copyright 2025 sašúźĘ´ŤĂ˝. en-US Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:03:28 +0000 /immigration/articles/2420165?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2420165 As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:32:36 +0000 /immigration/articles/2425466?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2425466 A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Tuesday refused to block the Trump administration's new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, ruling in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit challenging the fee that President Donald Trump has "broad authority" to restrict noncitizens' entry. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:39:27 +0000 /immigration/articles/2425446?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2425446 Washington state apple and hops producer Cornerstone Ranches and associated companies will pay $1 million to resolve claims by Attorney General Nick Brown that the farm fired local agricultural workers in favor of hiring temporary, foreign employees, according to a consent decree announced by the attorney general's office on Tuesday. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:57:44 +0000 /immigration/articles/2425105?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2425105 The Trump administration finalized changes to the H-1B lottery Tuesday, unveiling a final rule it said will favor higher-paid and higher-skilled positions and tamp down on employers exploiting the program to hire low-wage workers and depress the wages of U.S. workers. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:24:11 +0000 /immigration/articles/2419569?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2419569 The U.S. Supreme Court’s use of the emergency docket drove 2025’s biggest immigration decisions, with the justices stepping in repeatedly to stay nationwide injunctions, greenlight key parts of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, and in some cases preserve due process rights. Here, Law360 looks at the year’s key immigration decisions. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:21:25 +0000 /immigration/articles/2425096?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2425096 A number of high-profile cases in 2025 found judges taking on the role of criminal defendants over a wide range of allegations, from murder and sexual assault to corruption and interfering with an ICE arrest. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:11:53 +0000 /immigration/articles/2412478?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2412478 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot deploy National Guard troops into Chicago to aid federal immigration enforcement, saying President Donald Trump didn't show he was permitted to federalize the National Guard under a statute he had relied on. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:59:04 +0000 /immigration/articles/2425174?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2425174 A Georgia immigration attorney has received a big lump of coal in his stocking from the Supreme Court of Georgia, which disbarred him after finding he abandoned several vulnerable clients in a yearslong "pattern of neglect." Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:37:13 +0000 /immigration/articles/2425149?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2425149 A Rhode Island federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate $233 million in funding to immigration "sanctuary jurisdictions," finding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had illegally terminated the grants for political reasons. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:16:44 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424761?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424761 Attorneys for a Maryland woman who immigration officials recently arrested in Baltimore said Monday that their client is a U.S. citizen, but that the government might remove her from the country despite a federal judge's order blocking it. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:38:02 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424963?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424963 U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg has once again ordered the Trump administration to return more than 100 Venezuelan migrants who were flown to the CECOT prison in El Salvador without removal hearings in March, ruling that the government had violated their due process rights. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:21:30 +0000 /immigration/articles/2419621?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2419621 The Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled on several consequential issues impacting government contractors this year, including deciding who constitutes an "interested party" capable of lodging a bid protest and invalidating a settlement between the Pentagon and one of its major contractors. Here, Law360 reviews the top government contracts-related rulings in 2025. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:23:44 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424849?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424849 Yale University and a sexual assault accuser on Monday appeared poised to escape an expelled student's defamation lawsuit, with a federal judge saying the criminally acquitted ex-student failed to disclose other misconduct allegations and led online followers to reveal the accuser's identity despite orders banning him from directly naming her. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:58:50 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424953?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424953 The Trump administration sued the state of Illinois on Monday, claiming two recent state laws allowing for civil legal action against any law enforcement agent who knowingly violates the Illinois or U.S. Constitution and prohibiting civil arrests in and around state courthouses unlawfully discriminate against federal officers and violate the supremacy clause. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:55:21 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424741?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424741 Asylum-seekers challenging the Trump administration's use of asylum cooperative agreements with other countries updated their challenge to the practice Friday, telling a D.C. federal judge they are at risk of being unlawfully deported to nations the federal government itself deems dangerous. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:47:05 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424780?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424780 Kilmar Ábrego GarcĂ­a will remain free through Christmas after a Maryland federal judge said she would leave a restraining order barring his redetention in place until the new year at least. She also blasted Trump administration lawyers for "misrepresentations" she said were made in "bad faith." Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:49:54 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424710?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424710 A south Texas concrete company has faulted a reduction in residential construction projects caused by increased immigration enforcement actions for its Chapter 11 filing, saying its recent growth was stalled by the drop in demand. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:50:40 +0000 /immigration/articles/2419567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2419567 This year brought nonstop immigration policy whiplash as the Trump administration ramped up enforcement, triggering panic among employers about I-9 compliance in a landscape of constantly shifting adjudication and work authorization policies. Here, Law360 looks at how policy shifted attorney practice in 2025. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:33:03 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424189 The Trump administration's pause of the green card lottery after the Brown University shooting suspect was shown to have entered the U.S. through the program marks the latest in a rapid series of moves to curb legal immigration on security grounds. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:26:49 +0000 /immigration/articles/2424318?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /immigration/articles/2424318 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration has failed to show it will be irreparably harmed by a Fourth Circuit decision that revived immigration judges' lawsuit challenging restrictions on their ability to speak publicly.