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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.

The full Second Circuit denied rehearing in Barbosa da Cunha v. Freden on September 25, 2026, locking in a ruling that ICE cannot indefinitely detain most immigrants inside the US without a bond hearing. The decision, now backed by nine federal circuits, directly affects anyone held in ICE detention in New York, Connecticut, or Vermont — and signals how courts across the country are reading the law.

Genci Voja invested $500,000 in a US business and spent years trying to get an EB-5 investor green card. USCIS denied his application because he could not prove his money came from a lawful source — and in September 2026, a federal court agreed. The ruling is a sharp reminder that for EB-5 applicants, an airtight paper trail is not optional.

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.

What happens when police skip basic steps to find a witness — and the prosecution uses her recorded words instead? In September 2026, Oregon's Court of Appeals answered that question by reversing a domestic assault conviction against Mohammad Shafi Zieg, an Afghan immigrant. The court found that officers never exhausted all reasonable measures to serve the victim with a subpoena before declaring her "unavailable" and playing her 911 call to the jury.

You are a Spanish-speaking defendant waiting years for a retrial — and the court keeps postponing because it cannot find a second interpreter. A South Carolina judge dismissed all charges, saying your rights had been violated. In September 2026, the state's Court of Appeals reversed that decision, ruling the interpreter shortage could not be held against prosecutors — and sent the case back for trial.

What if you paid a smuggler to get you across the border — and ended up locked in a sealed freight car with no food, no water, and no way out? That is exactly what happened to at least 17 people near Knippa, Texas, over three weeks in late August and September 2026. One of them did not survive.

New York City reached a $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash for underpaying nearly 260,000 delivery workers — the largest labor enforcement action in city history. DCWP found the company violated the city's minimum pay law, which protects all delivery workers regardless of immigration status. Affected workers will receive about double what they were originally owed.