The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and other immigration groups reported today that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has suspended the processing of all immigration applications filed by individuals who entered on parole programs. This includes Ukrainian parolees who arrived in the United States through Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) and other parole programs such as the CHNV process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans…

On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, which directed the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that aliens comply with their duty to register with the government under section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1302), and ensure that failure to comply with the registration requirement is treated as a civil and criminal enforcement priority…

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador. A federal judge ruled that such action was “unlawful,” temporarily blocking the administration from repeating this going forward. This is the fourth federal judge to issue such a ruling since March 15.

As part of the EBE program, the SSA historically has automatically issued social security cards when EADs are approved. That program has been “frozen” and no timeline has been given as to when it will resume. EAD-holders will now have to go in-person to SSA offices in order to request their social security cards.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration paused all applications for TPS, asylum, adjustment of status, EADs and other immigration benefits for those who entered on parole programs such as the U4U for Ukrainians and the CHNV for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. A federal judge ordered the administration to restore processing, and certified a nationwide class to protect all impacted individuals.

The Secretary of Homeland Security had filed an emergency petition to SCOTUS to end the CHNV Biden-era program that provided temporary legal status for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, and the order issued today by SCOTUS has allowed for it. This will revoke the statuses of about 532,000 individuals currently legally residing in the U.S.

The Trump administration announced in March 2025 that it is halting asylee and refugee based greencard applications. The details provided are very limited. This does not prevent eligible applicants from filing, but what the process is to re-start processing is unclear. Immigration organizations have filed FOIA requests in order to provide the public with more information, to see whether enhanced-vetting is applied, and why these groups were targeted.

All U.S. embassies and consulates have been instructed by the Trump administration not to add any student interviews to the interview schedule “until further guidance is issued.” This will impact international students’ and their ability to begin their studies this fall, as well as physicians who have obtained US residencies whose programs are starting July 1 of this year, among others.