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Short answer: On October 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program. DOL said it will not accept new PERM applications or process pending ones involving those companies. This is not a…
On Monday, October 5, 2026, U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. of the District of Massachusetts blocked the Department of Homeland Security from continuing to impose the civil immigration fines at the center of Maria L. v. Mullin (formerly Maria L. v. Noem), No. 1:25-cv-13471. The fines run $998 per day, applied retroactively for…
A September 30, 2026 Bloomberg Law report says 37 people have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since last fall, calling it the agency’s deadliest fiscal year on record. This article attributes that count to Bloomberg Law. ICE’s own public Detainee Death Reporting page did not show a complete current-year count when…
The U.S. State Department has revoked more than 250,000 visas since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a State Department official and spokesperson Tommy Pigott, as reported by Fox News on September 30, 2026. About 2,300 of the revocations were connected to birth tourism. A visa revocation is not automatically deportation. Federal law…
Last updated: October 22, 2026 The U.S. Department of Justice is asking two federal judges in Minnesota to step aside from separate cases after their public comments about the Trump administration’s immigration-enforcement operations set off an ethics dispute with the federal judiciary. In motions filed October 20, 2026, Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr….
The Trump administration went back to the Supreme Court on Thursday, September 24, 2026 — the third time in this same fight. At stake: whether immigration officers can put someone on a plane to a country that isn’t in their deportation paperwork, without first telling them where they’re going or giving them a chance to…
Genalo v. Black is gone from the docket — but the fight over bond hearings for long-detained immigrants isn’t over On Friday, September 11, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Genalo v. Black, No. 25-886, wiping out what had been one of the term’s most closely watched immigration cases just a month before it was…
If your EAD renewal has been sitting at USCIS for months and you’re staring down a gap in your work authorization, you’re not the only one — and you’re not without options. A federal lawsuit filed in January 2026, Jane Doe 1, et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security, No. 8:26-cv-00060, is trying…
Yes, individuals and organizations have successfully sued ICE and won in federal courts. Victories include court orders stopping unlawful detentions, requiring due process protections, blocking unconstitutional enforcement practices, awarding damages for civil rights violations, and mandating policy changes. In December 2025, a federal court enforced a 2021 permanent injunction blocking a new Trump administration policy…