Jill Marie Bussey, Esq.

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

The Trump administration claimed to have found 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls in four states. But the agency's communications with states since then indicate that data was preliminary.

08/24/2026

Grateful for the opportunity to participate in another Afghan Community Legal Clinic. Please come see the Global Refuge team in San Diego this weekend.

08/24/2026

A sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday said his father was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Joshua Aviles has spent roughly nine months deployed at sea in supp…

08/22/2026

PRESS RELEASE: The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), welcomes a federal court ruling in CLINIC v. Rubio vacating the Trump administration’s blanket suspension of immigrant visa issuance for nationals of 75 countries, a policy that disrupted lawful immigration pathways and separated families around the world.

Read the full release: https://www.cliniclegal.org/press-releases/clinic-welcomes-federal-court-decision-vacating-discriminatory-75-country-visa-ban

08/22/2026

Lower court judges have now fully lifted certain limitations on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that cleared the end of temporary protected status …

08/21/2026

Baltimore! We've teamed up with Citizenship Maryland to offer a *free* naturalization screening workshop. Join us on August 26 from 4-6:30 p.m. at our Baltimore Welcome Center on 947 Fell Street to find out if you could be eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship.

We'll cover:
- Who may be eligible
- General eligibility requirements
- Documents you will need
- Common questions about the process
- One-on-one eligibility screenings with our legal team.

Take the first step of your citizenship journey by registering today ay globalrefuge.org/citizenship or emailing [email protected]!

08/20/2026

TPS expiration dates for Salvadorans, Ukrainians and others are creeping on the horizon.

08/17/2026

When Grace Ortega’s father was deported on July 4, she felt a sense of betrayal by the country she chose to serve. Ortega joined the Army in 2024 in part because of a program promoted by the military that offers protection from deportation for immediate family members who are in the country without authorization.

Her father, Juan Ortega, had an open application for the benefit when he was sent across the border to Mexico, a country where he has not lived in more than 20 years, according to his family.

“I decided to work hard in order to get a good job here in the military, in the Army, and so I joined for that reason,” she said.

Ortega said her father tried to explain to immigration officials that he had an open case for parole through his daughter in the Army.

“They didn’t care,” she said.

Read more: nbcnews.to/4xBA7K6