Each case is a step-by-step breakdown: what happened, how the court ruled, what changes in practice, and what it means specifically for you. With commentary from an immigration attorney and direct links to the sources.
The Supreme Court 6-3 overruled Chevron deference, in place since 1984. Courts are no longer required to defer to an agency's interpretation of an ambiguous statute. For immigration, this reshapes the weight of USCIS memos and DHS regulations.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a Notice to Appear must include the time and place of the hearing in a single document. The DHS practice of sending those details in a follow-up notice does not trigger the stop-time rule.
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that a Notice to Appear lacking the date and place of hearing is not a "notice to appear under section 1229(a)" and does not trigger the stop-time rule. This opened the door for thousands of cancellation of removal motions.
Attorney General Sessions overruled Matter of A-R-C-G-, stripping domestic violence survivors of automatic access to particular social group claims. The decision made asylum claims harder for thousands of Central American women.