The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday it will extend temporary protected status to Cameroonian nationals, following repeated calls from advocacy groups and lawmakers to protect individuals in the U.S. from deportation to the Central African nation.
A D.C. federal court has denied the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's bid to block inspections of detention facilities that immigration advocates say are denying inmates access to counsel, but the government did get its choice of monitor for the probe.
Legal battles aimed at fixing the U.S.' notorious immigration backlogs have been met with stiff resistance from the Biden administration, and the attorneys leading those battles say that more litigation is the best shot at fixing bureaucratic logjams.
Migrant families separated under ex-President Donald Trump can't sue officials from the former administration for damages, but they can pursue their claims against the federal government, an Arizona federal court ruled in orders entered Friday.
President Joe Biden's administration will end a pandemic-related order allowing the quick expulsion of migrants arriving at U.S. land borders, officials confirmed Friday, saying the two-year-old policy known as Title 42 will be lifted on May 23.