Immigration
Barred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden’s Open Door
Trump extends immigration restrictions, citing pandemic’s impact on labor market
President Donald Trump extended certain restrictions on legal immigration and on visas that allow immigrants to temporarily work in the United States on Thursday, just hours before those restrictions were set to lapse. Trump extended the restrictions through March 31, two months after he will leave office.
Biden plans big changes in immigration system
Nearly 15 years ago, then-Senator Joe Biden voted to fund hundreds of miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico. He was joined by Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and other Democrats. One of the first things President-elect Biden said he will do after being sworn in on January 20 is halt the construction of President Donald Trump's
Biden to Rescind Major Trump-Era Immigration Restrictions through Executive Orders
President elect Joe Biden to make some dramatic moves on immigration, including with border wall
Some dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration. Joe Biden will likely use executive orders to reverse some of President Donald Trump's most controversial actions, rolling back moves that were a central feature of his administration and important to his base. The Biden administration plans to restore protection for people brought to the U.S. illegally as minors and stop using Pentagon funds to build a border wall.
Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused
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Amazon, Apple, And Google Are Silent As Trump Expands His Travel Ban
Trump Administration Plans to Add Nigeria and Six Other Nations to Travel Ban List
Google Staff Discussed Tweaking Search Results to Counter Travel Ban: WSJ
Travel ban case is justices first dive into Trump policy – The Washington Post
Trumps travel ban imperils U.S. citizen with cancer
Exclusive: Visa waivers rarely granted under Trump’s latest U.S. travel ban
Appeals court rules against latest Trump travel ban
A year of Trump travel restrictions — so much for international scholars coming to the U.S.
Q-and-A: A look at most recent travel ban rulings
So far, the third time isn’t the charm for President Donald Trumps travel ban. As with his previous two attempts to bar travelers from certain predominantly Muslim nations from entering the United States, his Travel Ban 3.0 has run into an immediate buzz saw in the courts. Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland blocked it in rulings Tuesday and Wednesday, just before it was due to take effect.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s third travel ban
A federal judge on Tuesday largely blocked the Trump administration from implementing the latest version of the presidents controversial travel ban, setting up yet another legal showdown on the extent of the executive branchs powers when it comes to setting immigration policy. The measure had been set to go into effect early Wednesday morning.
AILA: Latest Travel Ban Will Weaken Not Strengthen America
9th Circuit rules grandparents exempt from Trumps travel ban, allows more refugees
A three-judge panel, writing per curiam, ruled Thursday that Honolulu district court judge Derrick Watson did not go beyond the scope of the Supreme Court’s order when he exempted refugees who have formal help from a U.S.-based refugee resettlement agency, or to grandparents, grandchildren, brothers- and sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of people in the United States. Those familial relationships, the panel said, are clearly bona fide.
Feds ask that judges ruling on travel ban be put on hold
Hawaii judge loosens travel ban to allow grandparents, other relatives
federal judge in Hawaii ordered a loosening of President Donald Trumps travel ban late Thursday, ruling that the Trump administrations interpretation of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling is too narrow. Judge Derrick K. Watson said grandparents and other close relatives -- such as in-laws, aunts and uncles -- traveling from the six affected countries, all of them predominantly Muslim, are exempt from the ban, for now.
DHS Announces Implementation Of Travel Restriction Provisions | Homeland Security
U.S. lays out criteria for visa applicants from six Muslim nations
(SBU) Summary: On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court partiallylifted preliminary injunctions that barred the Department from enforcingsection 2 of Executive Order (E.O.) 13780, which suspends the entry to theUnited States of, and the issuance of visas to, nationals of six designatedcountries, as well as section 6, which relates to the Refugee AdmissionsProgram. A June 14, 2017 Presidential Memorandum announced each enjoinedprovision would become effective the date and time at which the referencedinjunctions are lifted or stayed, with implementation of each relevantprovision within 72 hours after all applicable injunctions are lifted or stayed with respect to that provision. As a result, implementation of those sections for which injunctions have been lifted will begin June 29, 2017, as detailed below.
Who Will and Won’t Be Impacted by the Travel Ban After the Supreme Courts Decision
The Supreme Court has decided to hear the Travel Ban case when its fall session begins in October 2017. In the meantime, the Court will allow the administration to implement parts of President Trumps second executive order (EO-2), which bans the entry of nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from the United States.
The Latest: Sessions says travel ban needed for security
Trump travel ban showdown headed for Supreme Court
Documents in State of Hawaii et al v. Trump—A Challenge to President Trumps March 6, 2017 Travel Ban
On March 7, 2017, the State of Hawaii filed a joint motion with the U.S. Government setting out a proposed briefing schedule, whereby it will file its complaint and TRO by March 8, the U.S. Government will file their Opposition on March 13, and oral argument would be held on March 15. The District Court has not yet ruled on this joint request.