Humanitarian Protections

Coverage of asylum and refugee processes, TPS designations, U and T visas, DACA, and VAWA-based relief — including current policy shifts and adjudication trends.

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DACA

DACA and an Old Removal Order: Deported at the Green Card Interview

A DACA recipient was deported at her green card interview over an old expedited removal order. Why it was likely illegal, and what to check first.

Aug 5, 2026 • 6 min read

A USCIS office building, representing the agencies winding down Temporary Protected Status designations.

TPS

TPS End Dates After the Supreme Court Ruling: What Happens Next

After the Supreme Court freed the administration to end TPS, here are the remaining end dates and what losing TPS actually does to your status.

Aug 5, 2026 • 5 min read

Asylum

USCIS Ends the Guaranteed Asylum Interview: Cases Go Straight to Court

USCIS says affirmative asylum applicants are no longer entitled to an interview and can be sent directly to immigration court, where grant rates run under 10%.

Aug 5, 2026 • 5 min read

Travel documents on a table, representing the risk of domestic air travel for people on TPS or out of status.

TPS

Domestic Travel on TPS or Out of Status: the Detention Risk

Flying within the U.S. on TPS or while out of status carries a real detention risk in 2026. Even a domestic airport can put you in front of an officer who can start removal.

Jul 28, 2026 • 4 min read

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Withholding of Removal

Withholding of Removal and a Child Turning 21: The Reopen Path

With withholding of removal and a child turning 21, the green card path runs through a motion to reopen, narrowed by Matter of Yadav in 2026.

Jul 23, 2026 • 6 min read

Stone facade of a federal court building.

DACA

DACA Lawyers' New Rule: File a Mandamus at the 5-Month Mark

DACA renewal delays have a new litigation trigger: five months pending. Attorneys also explain why Judge Hanen's 'moot' order changes nothing.

Jul 15, 2026 • 6 min read

Exterior of a federal courthouse with stone columns.

Asylum Delays

Waiting 10 Years on Asylum? Why Suing USCIS Now Could Backfire

Asylum delay lawsuits can backfire in 2026. Hacking tells a caller 10 years in: forcing a decision now risks immigration court and a third country.

Jul 13, 2026 • 6 min read

Steps of a U.S. federal courthouse, representing individual named-plaintiff litigation over paused immigration benefits.

Asylum

Why a Named Lawsuit Still Beats the Rhode Island Ruling for Paused Cases

The Rhode Island vacatur helps everyone on paper. Jim Hacking argues a named-plaintiff suit still moves a paused asylee green card faster. Here's why.

Jul 3, 2026 • 7 min read

Asylum

Firm Resettlement: A Third-Country Green Card Can End U.S. Asylum

Firm resettlement bars asylum: if you can live permanently in a third country, a U.S. asylum claim can be a dead letter and risk a frivolous finding.

Jun 29, 2026 • 5 min read

A U.S. passport and travel documents resting on a wooden desk.

DACA

DACA, Married to a Citizen? Stop Waiting on Advance Parole

DACA recipients married to U.S. citizens: with advance parole stalled, file the I-130 and I-601A provisional waiver now instead of waiting.

Jun 24, 2026 • 6 min read

An empty table and chairs set up for an interview in a plain office room.

Notario Fraud

Signed Blank Immigration Forms? Don't Withdraw, Do This

Tricked into signing blank immigration forms? Withdrawing can trap the lie and trigger removal. Here's the safer path, and how T and U visas help.

Jun 24, 2026 • 5 min read

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Asylum

No One Can Force You to File for Asylum — Not Even Your Own Lawyer

Asylum is voluntary. If a lawyer or notario pressures you into a claim you don't believe in, you can refuse — and a frivolous filing carries permanent bars.

Jun 13, 2026 • 6 min read

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DACA

DACA Renewal Delays Push Lawyers Toward a Mass Mandamus Filing

DACA renewal delays now run far past USCIS's posted times. Kuck, Bless, and Siskind are preparing a mass mandamus to force decisions on stuck I-821Ds.

Jun 11, 2026 • 7 min read

A passport and a CBP I-94 admission record on a wooden surface.

CHNV Parole

CHNV Parolees With Old Removals: Sue the EAD, Hold the I-485

After SCOTUS let DHS terminate the CHNV parole program in May 2025, USCIS is slow-walking I-485 cases for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parolees who came in under Biden — especially anyone with a prior removal. The fix attorneys are using: sue on the work card, leave the green card alone.

Jun 10, 2026 • 7 min read

A Form I-512T travel authorization document and a passport with a CBP entry stamp.

TPS

TPS Travel Now Counts as Admission. The 245(c) Bars Don't Care.

USCIS rescinded Matter of Z-R-Z-C- in 2022, so a TPS holder who returns on Form I-512T is now 'inspected and admitted' for INA § 245(a). That fixes the entry problem — not the unlawful-status, unauthorized-work, and continuous-lawful-status bars in INA § 245(c) that quietly disqualify most pending-asylum and out-of-status applicants.

Jun 10, 2026 • 7 min read

Asylum Withdrawal

USCIS Asylum Fee Notices After You Withdrew: Send to Both Offices

An applicant who got her marriage-based green card in April and withdrew her pending affirmative asylum case in May still received a USCIS letter demanding the new asylum filing fee. The fix turns on where she sent the withdrawal — and where she did not.

Jun 7, 2026 • 6 min read

A passport lying open on a wooden table with the photo page partially in shadow.

Kuwait

Newly Stateless Kuwaitis: U.S. Immigration Options

Roughly 50,000 people in Kuwait have lost their nationality under Decree-Law No. 116/2024 since the Emir suspended Parliament in May 2024. For those already in the United States, the loss of citizenship triggers U.S. visa revocations — and a narrow set of remaining legal options.

Jun 6, 2026 • 9 min read