Jill Marie Bussey, Esq.

10/17/2026

https://www.npr.org/2026/10/13/nx-s1-5985180/naturalization-in-the-u-s-is-on-the-decline?unified=true&renderPlatform=nprone_ios

The number of naturalization ceremonies for would-be American citizens is on the decline. This year, ceremonies have been canceled and citizenship applications face increased scrutiny and delays.

10/11/2026

Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

10/10/2026

Thousands of refugees in the U.S. lost health coverage on Oct. 1 as new Medicaid eligibility rules took effect. In Arizona, unlike in most states, even children and pregnant women are being dropped.

10/08/2026

Vice President JD Vance announced the suspension, saying it would affect H-1B visas and aims to protect U.S. workers.

10/08/2026

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

10/03/2026

10/01/2026

“Detention rates have skyrocketed, with more than 65,000 people held in facilities across the country.

Advocates for immigrants have noted that the vast majority of those detained migrants — roughly 70 percent — have no criminal convictions. Many are also legal immigrants, including those who have active immigration petitions that have not yet been acted on because of administrative backlogs.”

The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will decide the legality of President Trump’s mandatory detention policy, putting one of his banner immigration programs on the justices’ docket for the…

09/30/2026

"The record shows that class members removed without meaningful notice or an opportunity to present country-specific protection claims have faced prolonged and arbitrary detention, beatings and sexual assault, disappearance, and chain refoulement to countries from which the United States had already granted them protection," wrote lawyer Trina Realmuto. "These harms cannot be undone."

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries that are not identified in their removal orders. It also plans to hear full arguments on the case.

09/30/2026

Many noncitizens need immigration records the government has to prove their legal stay and resist deportation. The government is redacting and withholding those documents, lawyers say.

09/30/2026

Khalil was the face of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University when immigration agents arrested him and sent him to detention in Louisiana. His new memoir is No Land to Stand On.