WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * DHS is rescinding the 2022 public charge ground of inadmissibility regulations ("2022 Final Rule"). The 2022 Final Rule was not the best implementation of the statute. It was inconsistent with congressional intent, unduly restrictive, and hampered DHS's ability to make accurate, precise, and reliable determinations of whether certain aliens are likely at any time to become a pu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 (TNSletter) -- The NAACP issued the following letter to the U.S. Department of Justice: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 10, 2026 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Acting Attorney General Blanche: In just one week, two young Black men have been killed while in the custody of, or in the presence of, law enforcement agencies in Tennessee. We write to request that the U.S. Department of Justice immediately open and conduct a f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The National Immigration Forum issued the following news release: * * * After Recent Shootings, Officials Must Re-evaluate Enforcement Strategies, Training, and Vetting Procedures The recent tragic shootings involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers underscore the urgent need for a safer approach. The temporary pause of ICE traffic stops would have been a good first step, and adequate training and vetting of newly hired ICE personnel are critical to prevent future incidents. The Forum and a Counci more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: * * * Six Days. That's How Long It Took ICE to Kill Someone Else. Earlier this morning, ICE shot and killed Johan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. It's the second time in six days that ICE has killed someone in this country. The first was Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot to death in Houston on July 7. Neither ICE nor DHS has explained why the agent in Maine opened fire. In response, National Immigration Project issued more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, July 16 -- The Seattle University School of Law issued the following news: * * * 2026 grads earn Equal Justice Works Fellowships Two 2026 Seattle University School of Law graduates earned Equal Justice Works Fellowships to provide transformative legal services to survivors of gender-based violence. Nohely Diaz '26 and Jamie Eymann '26 are two of just 60 legal scholars chosen for the fellowship across the country. Equal Justice Works (EJW) Fellows pursue a social justice project of their own design over the next two year more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 (TNSletter) -- Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following letter to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 16, 2026 David Wesling Boston Acting Field Office Director U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston Field Office 1000 District Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 Dear Acting Director Wesling: We are profoundly alarmed by the killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-ye more PR

SAN RAFAEL, California, July 13 -- The First Amendment Coalition posted the following news release: * * * Video Footage of Use of Force, Other Critical Records Unsealed in Lawsuit Against ICE Contractor GEO Group RIVERSIDE, CA -- Video footage of a use of force incident, along with more than 50 other records have been released nearly two months after Public Justice's motion to intervene in Hugo Gonzalez, et al. v. The GEO Group, Inc., et al. was granted. The records are currently available on PACER by searching case number 2:22-cv-04014. The more PR