Asylum

What is the "one-year bar" issue in an asylum case and when does it start after a spouse's deportation? Immigration attorney Ilya Fishkin explains.

Can food stamps or public benefits hurt your asylum case or green card? Immigration attorney explains what you need to know.

Immigration attorney Ilya Fishkin explains risks of filing separate I-589 asylum claims for spouses without independent persecution.

Can refusing to serve in the military qualify you for asylum in the US? Immigration attorney Ilya Fishkin explains what the BIA standard really requires.

Granted asylum but DMV won't give you a Real ID without a passport? Immigration attorney Ilya Fishkin explains your rights and what to do next.

Nineteen sets of human remains, including children's, were found along the Arizona-Mexico border in July 2026 alone — the highest monthly count in that area since 2024. Pima County has now recovered 73 migrant remains this year, 14 more than at the same point last year. Experts say blocked asylum pathways are pushing people into deadlier terrain, and the true death toll may be four times higher than what officials can count.

An ICE charter flight landed in Haiti on August 21, 2026, carrying 161 Haitian nationals — the first deportation flight since the US Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. The destination was Cap-Haïtien, not the capital, because Port-au-Prince is too dangerous even for US commercial flights. For the estimated 350,000 Haitians who had TPS, this flight signals that mass removals have begun.

Nineteen migrants — including children — were found dead along the Arizona-Mexico border last month, the highest monthly toll in that area since 2024. The total for 2026 now stands at 73 recovered remains, 14 more than the same period last year. Experts say US asylum policy is pushing people into the deadliest terrain on the border.

Your employer just got a USCIS alert saying your Salvadoran TPS work permit expires September 9, 2026 — and now they're asking whether you can still legally work. The problem is that USCIS sent a nearly identical series of warnings to employers of Haitian TPS holders in July 2026, with deadlines that kept shifting because the government had no legal authority to enforce them yet. No one knows whether the September 9 date for Salvadoran TPS is real, a mistake, or a pressure tactic.

USCIS just told employers that El Salvador TPS — and the work permits that come with it — ends September 9, 2026. But the agency never actually announced a termination decision, and federal law may require an automatic extension. For 150,000 Salvadorans, the question is whether this is a real deadline or a pressure campaign designed to make employers fire their workers early.

USCIS just told employers across the US that Salvadoran TPS — the protection that lets 150,000 Salvadorans live and work legally here — ends September 9, 2026. But the government never formally announced it was terminating that protection. The same agency spent July issuing Haitian TPS deadlines it had no legal power to enforce — and now it may be doing the same thing again.

USCIS just told employers that El Salvador TPS ends September 9, 2026 — but the agency left out a critical detail: that date may not be legally enforceable. This summer, the same agency announced three different expiration deadlines for Haitian TPS work permits, all of which turned out to be dates the government had no legal authority to enforce yet. Now 150,000 Salvadoran TPS holders are watching the same pattern start again.

On July 27, 2026, about 350,000 Haitians lost their Temporary Protected Status after the US Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end the program. Overnight, hundreds of thousands of people who had lived and worked legally in the US for years found themselves without valid work permits — and potentially facing deportation. Caribbean community leaders say the rest of the diaspora should be paying close attention.

Carmen Zurita handed over $300 in cash to a Queens nonprofit for help with her asylum application — and never got a receipt, a filed petition, or her money back. Now the New York State Attorney General is looking into five complaints against the same organization, La Jornada, and at least 15 immigrants have needed outside help to fix the damage. Some already have deportation orders.

What if you paid $300 for an asylum application — and it was never filed? That is what Carmen Zurita says happened to her. She is one of at least five immigrants who filed sworn statements against a Queens organization called La Jornada, and the New York Attorney General's office is now reviewing those complaints.