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 and Refugee Protection
Affirmative and defensive asylum filings, credible fear and reasonable fear interviews, the one-year filing deadline, and recent precedential decisions.
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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
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
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
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
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