Monthly Archives: August 2026

Protected From Deportation, Deported Anyway

Posted on August 29, 2026 by Mike Baker

A protected man, a blank space on a removal notice, and a government working down a list of countries until one says yes. Nabil reports to a federal building on a morning he expects to be routine. He has done … Continue reading →

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USCIS Can Now Send Asylum Seekers to Immigration Court Without an Interview

Posted on August 22, 2026 by Mike Baker

No Interview, No Hearing, No One Watching By Michael D. Baker Immigration Equality v. Mullin, No. 1:26-cv-02921 (D.D.C. filed Aug. 19, 2026). It challenges Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview, 91 Fed. Reg. 47101 (July 28, 2026). On July 28, the … Continue reading →

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The Public Charge Net Widens on September 18, 2026

Posted on August 19, 2026 by Mike Baker

By Michael D. Baker On September 18, 2026, the government widens the public charge test for green cards. USCIS will weigh nearly any government benefit an applicant uses, not just cash welfare. The USCIS policy alert that spells this out … Continue reading →

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The Board Cuts the Right to Counsel Down to Ten Days

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Mike Baker

In Matter of A-K-R-, the BIA holds that a single ten-day cushion is the only hard time the statute owes you to find a lawyer. Everything after it is a favor. By Michael D. Baker A detained man from India … Continue reading →

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BIA Overrules Arrabally: Advance Parole Travel Is Now a “Departure” — And DACA Recipients Just Lost Their Last Clean Path to a Green Card

Posted on August 13, 2026 by Mike Baker

The Board of Immigration Appeals just took away the only clean path a whole category of DACA recipients had left. Matter of Delcarmen-Lara, 29 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA Aug. 13, 2026) (Interim Decision #4233), overrules Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly, … Continue reading →

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