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SelfLawyer Blog
Understanding Employment Options for Immigrants in the US Workforce
Immigrants play a vital role in shaping the US workforce, contributing across industries such as healthcare, technology, agriculture, and construction. Understanding the employment options available to immigrants is essential for…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
The Exception that Disproves the Rule: How Matter of K-E-S-G-‘s FGM Exception Exposes Its Incoherence
In its recent decision in Matter of K-E-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 245 (BIA 2025), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held that “a particular social group defined by the alien’s…
ImmigrationProf Blog
An Opportunity to Reformulate Particular Social Group Definition Post Chevron
FriendsHere's a thought-provoking piece from my brilliant colleague, Jacqueline Brown, about how to formulate particular social groups post Chevron:AbstractIn the process of developing a new approach to the particular social…
EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy
The ruling of the Court of Justice in Kinsa: A first step towards the decriminalisation of the facilitation of unauthorised entry?
The ruling of the Court of Justice in Kinsa: A first step towards the decriminalisation of the facilitation of unauthorised entry? By Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas, University of Liverpool, UK One…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
The One Big Beautiful Bill: A Closer Look at New and Rising Immigration Fees
Understanding the financial impact of the latest immigration reforms on asylum seekers, visa applicants, and mixed-status families On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R.1 – The…
EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy
Polish law restricting the right to asylum at borders
Polish law restricting the right to asylum at borders By Barbara Mikołajczyk, University of Silesia Since July 2021, in response to EU sanctions imposed on Belarus following the rigged 2020…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Court blocks Trump administration’s barring asylum seekers at U.S./Mexico border
To try to circumvent the Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions a marxist judge has declared that all potential FUTURE illegal aliens on foreign soil (eg a large portion of…
Immigration Blog
What Are the Immigration Impacts in Budget Reconciliation Bill H.R. 1?
The House of Representatives passed budget reconciliation bill H.R. 1, entitled “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that includes significant changes to the immigration fee structure. As the Senate prepares its…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Your Saturday Read: Mario Guevara, Immigration Reporter, Detained by ICE
Holy smokes, y'all. I highly recommend this New Yorker article on the life and times of Mario Guevara, an El Salvadoran national who reports on immigration in the Atlanta area.In his…
The Asylumist
Cancellation of Removal: An Alternative for Some Asylum Seekers
By Jason Dzubow
Asylum seekers and other non-citizens who have been in the United States for 10+ years and who have certain U.S. […]