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The Department of Homeland Security posted a proposed rule on October 7, 2026 that would require international students on F-1 visas to pay at least $70,000 to a certified institution for Optional Practical Training...
The Justice Department said on October 6, 2026 that it filed 40 denaturalization actions in federal district courts between August 21 and October 2, bringing its total past 200 cases, with a stated goal of reaching 250...
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued a temporary injunction on October 2, 2026, halting construction of a planned 30-foot steel wall and related infrastructure through the Big Bend region, part of the...
The Supreme Court agreed on Oct. 1, 2026 to hear Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, testing Trump's 2025 ICE guidance that treats any noncitizen who entered the country illegally -- however long ago -- as if still seeking...
Medicaid coverage for refugees, asylum seekers, and survivors of trafficking and domestic violence ended Oct. 1, 2026, under provisions of Trump's 2025 tax and policy law; green-card holders are not affected. Arizona...
On September 30, 2026, U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. of the Northern District of California ruled in Global Nurse Force v. Trump that the administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions was...
On Sept. 29, 2026, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to lift a district court order blocking deportations of migrants to countries other than their own without adequate notice. The stay lets...
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on September 24, 2026 to lift lower-court orders requiring that migrants get a meaningful chance to contest being deported to countries other than their homeland, after an...
On Sept. 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island permanently struck down a Trump directive that would have barred many immigrants -- including visa holders, Temporary Protected Status recipients and...
Carlos Josue Marchena Marchena, a 36-year-old Costa Rican detainee, was found unresponsive on September 18, 2026, at the ICE-contracted Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, and was pronounced dead nearby...