American Immigration Lawyers Association

08/07/2026

"The US is tracking nearly 54,000 immigrants through GPS-enabled ankle monitors as part of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) electronic surveillance program...Early last year, just 17,000 immigrants were wearing the devices."

Shift in monitoring methods has led to revenue boost for Geo Group, a private prison firm, that also makes the device

08/07/2026

"President Trump is once again attempting to put restrictions on who is automatically guaranteed citizenship after being born in the U.S., just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his attempt to end birthright citizenship."

President Trump is once again attempting to put restrictions on who is automatically guaranteed citizenship after being born in the U.S., just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his attempt to end birthright citizenship.

08/06/2026

"He didn’t have a deportation order. Second, the day before the flight a federal judge ordered ICE not to remove him from the country. Agency representatives admitted...that they 'inadvertently removed' him because they had mistaken him for someone else."

The agency told a judge it 'inadvertently removed' the 31-year-old Portland resident after misidentifying him during the January enforcement surge.

08/06/2026

AILA is proud to release the 20th edition of Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook. Filled with expert guidance, the book helps readers navigate the labyrinthine U.S. immigration laws, including recent Supreme Court rulings and their impact.

AILA is proud to release the 20th edition of Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook, the must-have resource filled with expert guidance helping readers navigate the labyrinthine U.S. immigration laws, including recent Supreme Court rulings and their impact.

08/06/2026

"A 19-year-old is currently in Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention facing deportation just a few months after graduating from high school in north Alabama...Juan Q**m came to America from Guatemala at the age of 10 with his parents."

Juan Q**m, 19, recently graduated with honors from Russellville High School but now faces potential deportation.

08/06/2026

"US Customs and Border Protection is seeking to hire private investigators to track down deported immigrants and others who have left the United States, and press them into paying the government money."

Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.

08/05/2026

"Dr Kibret has a valid work authorization...Calling Kibret a 'highly valued member of the University of Maryland, Baltimore community', the school said it was 'greatly troubled' by his arrest.'"

DHS said pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret overstayed visa and arrested him at Dallas-Fort Worth airport

08/05/2026

"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda."

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.

08/04/2026

"A Trump administration official confirmed the effort to call Haitians with temporary protected status into ICE offices, give them ankle monitors and release them. The official...expected the check-ins to be scheduled in waves." https://wapo.st/4fTyRec

08/04/2026

"An immigrant being held at a New Jersey ICE detention center died on 1 August, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday. Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, is the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year, according to agency data."

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, was arrested in New Jersey in June, and died after a ‘medical emergency’, agency said