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ICE Dallas arrested 121 people near Lake Lewisville over the summer in a joint operation with state and local agencies — one of the largest regional enforcement sweeps of the season. The arrests stretched from late June through Labor Day weekend, targeting a popular recreational area where many immigrants live and work nearby. For undocumented immigrants across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the operation signals that ICE enforcement is expanding beyond city centers into everyday public spaces.

Denied a green card and facing financial hardship? Learn how habeas corpus can help, step-by-step actions, legal grounds, and who qualifies.

Learn how a DUI or traffic conviction affects your US asylum case, what bars apply under INA, and what steps to take to protect your claim.

Need to reschedule your asylum hearing in immigration court? Learn the exact steps, required motions, deadlines, and legal grounds — with official sources.

You work on a cruise ship, and a single CBP inspection at the Port of Boston can end your time in the US permanently. Since mid-August 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has removed 87 cruise ship crewmembers from various vessels in Boston — all connected to child sexual abuse material. The most recent action, on September 20, removed six Filipino nationals from the cruise ship Breakaway after they admitted to previously possessing such material.

What if you already filed a green card application based on a marriage — and that marriage wasn't real? Antonia-Beatrice Mircea, a 33-year-old Romanian citizen living in Atlantic City, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud after admitting she entered a sham marriage with a U.S. citizen to get permanent residence. Her case shows how USCIS, HSI, and the FBI work together to catch false claims — and what happens when they do.

Asylum denied? Learn your next steps: how to appeal to the BIA, file for withholding of removal, and protect yourself from deportation.

Learn what immigration courts require to prove police in your home country failed to protect you — key evidence and legal standards for asylum.

Learn how to reopen a closed asylum case in the US, what forms to file, legal grounds, and what to do if your case was dismissed in absentia.

The Justice Department launched the ANGEL Grant Program in September 2026, directing federal funds to local and tribal police to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants with criminal records. The program explicitly targets jurisdictions that have resisted immigration enforcement — and it means local officers, not just ICE, may now be funded to pursue deportation cases. For immigrants with any prior contact with law enforcement, the risk landscape just shifted.

What if you believe your immigration court hearing was unfair — can you reopen your case? The Board of Immigration Appeals answered that question directly in September 2026, ruling against a Syrian-born Algerian citizen who argued that judge recusals proved improper influence over his removal proceedings. The BIA found his due process claim entirely speculative, and the decision sets a high bar for anyone trying to reopen a case on similar grounds.

DHS told Nevada officials it had confirmed 185 people on the state's voter rolls were non-citizens. Nevada reviewed every record and found the opposite: all 185 were US citizens. The episode has exposed serious flaws in how the federal government is matching immigration data — and raises urgent questions for naturalized citizens and green card holders whose records could be next.

Learn how immigration court precedent decisions shape asylum cases, which rulings matter, and what steps to take to protect your claim.

Learn how an immigration judge affects your case outcome, what factors matter most, and how to prepare before your hearing in immigration court.

Can a spouse apply for asylum separately from their partner? Learn your rights, when separate filing makes sense, and the step-by-step process.

A federal judge in Washington, DC dismissed a lawsuit filed by 42 Diversity Visa applicants on September 24, 2026, ruling they cannot get separate court orders while a larger class-action case already covers them. The State Department and USCIS had indefinitely paused all Diversity Visa processing after a DV recipient allegedly committed a mass shooting at Brown University. With the fiscal year ending September 30, thousands of DV selectees risk losing their visa eligibility entirely.

Can a drug conviction lead to deportation? Learn your rights, legal defenses, and step-by-step actions to fight removal under U.S. immigration law.

ICE knocked on your door? Know your rights: don't open without a warrant, stay silent, call a lawyer. Step-by-step guide for immigrants.

Learn how to file a motion to reopen your immigration case step by step — eligibility, deadlines, required forms, and legal grounds explained.

A 36-year-old man from Costa Rica died in ICE custody at a Louisiana detention facility on September 18, 2026. Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena was found unresponsive at Winnfield Correctional Center; the official cause of death is still pending. His death is a reminder that ICE detention carries real risks — and that families need to know their rights before a crisis happens.