Asylum

You filed an asylum application, and while it was pending, ICE arrested you at a routine check-in. That is exactly what happened to Gabar Choli — and what followed was eight months of force-feeding in a Texas detention center. His case is now forcing a public reckoning over what happens inside ICE detention when immigrants protest their conditions.

On July 27, 2026, Wesly Simon walked into his Brooklyn restaurant and checked USCIS's website. One alert changed everything: Haiti's Temporary Protected Status was terminated, effective that day. Nine of his employees lost their right to work in the US before the lunch rush.

You submitted your asylum application months ago and were waiting for USCIS to call you in for an interview. That call may never come. Starting today, USCIS can send your case straight to an immigration judge — no interview, no warning — under a rule that took effect July 27, 2026.

A man from Burkina Faso has spent 19 months in U.S. immigration detention — every single day of his time in America — without ever being charged with a crime. A 2025 ICE policy memo eliminated bond hearings for millions of undocumented immigrants, and the detained population has since nearly doubled, from 39,000 to 71,000. The Supreme Court will not weigh in until October 2026, leaving tens of thousands of people in legal limbo right now.

You did everything right — registered, paid fees, passed background checks — and now the US government says your legal status is over. More than 330,000 Haitian immigrants are losing their TPS protections after the Supreme Court ruled in June 2026 to allow the Trump administration to end the program. With asylum approval rates below 5% and no direct path from TPS to a green card, the options are few and the clock is running.

Learn the full asylum decision timeline in USA after filing Form I-589. Steps, waiting periods, and expert tips for 2026 applicants.

Learn how asylum seekers can get an EAD (Employment Authorization Document) in the USA. Steps, forms, fees, and timelines explained for 2026.

Learn how to apply for asylum at the US border without a lawyer in 2026. Step-by-step guide covering the process, forms, fees, and key rights.

You applied for asylum and have been counting on your work permit to arrive within 30 days. In April 2026, USCIS rewrote the rules — and then accidentally deleted part of them. On July 21, 2026, the agency quietly published a correction, and what it says matters for every asylum seeker waiting on an EAD.

You tried calling your family in Venezuela on June 24, 2026 — and the lines were dead. For thousands of Venezuelans in New York City, that silence was the beginning of a weeks-long crisis. Now, their restaurants and catering businesses have become the front line of disaster relief — and a platform to demand the US government restore TPS protections for Venezuelans.

Marly Quiroga couldn't reach her 93-year-old mother in Caracas for hours after the June 24 earthquakes — the phone towers had collapsed. While she waited for news, she made a decision: close the restaurant, open the doors, and start collecting donations. Now, as Venezuelan businesses across New York City run a cross-country relief operation, their owners are also demanding something from Washington — the restoration of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans living in the US.

Wu Shaoping spent years fighting for human rights in China before fleeing to the US in 2019. He filed for asylum, found work as a delivery driver, and waited. On Wednesday, ICE arrested him mid-shift — and now he faces a possible return to the country he escaped.

Your asylum personal statement must be in a language you can actually read and write — not just partially understand. Attorney Ilya Fishkin warns that signing a statement in the wrong language means losing control over your own story.

On June 25, 2026, the US Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the green light to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants — people who have lived, worked, and raised families in the US for years. A 14-day work permit extension pushed the deadline to July 24, but that date has now passed. Employers sent workers home, families are making plans to leave their US-citizen children behind, and immigration attorneys are urging TPS holders to act before ICE does.

The federal government missed its own deadline to announce an extension of Temporary Protected Status for 170,000 Salvadorans — and has said nothing. Protections are now set to expire in early September 2026, leaving families, business owners, and workers who have lived legally in the US for up to 26 years facing deportation. With the Supreme Court having recently narrowed their ability to fight back in court, the window to act is closing fast.