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In recent months, investigations have uncovered staggering levels of fraud in government programs — from child care subsidies to Medicare to immigration benefits. Exposing fraud is important. But when it comes to immigration, there’s a danger that focusing on fraud will distract policymakers from the larger problem: many of the programs themselves are fundamentally flawed.

If DOJ thinks Alien Terrorist Removal Court procedures under Title V of the INA are a way to quickly remove known or suspected terrorists, it should think again. A court that has never, in its 30 years of existence, heard a case is terra incognita – and a no judge or lawyer wants to be the first traveler in an unknown land.

For over twenty years, Washington has treated temporary U.S. visas as abstract economic statistics and corporate lobbying points. But the real-world impact of immigration policy is decided on the ground – specifically, at the visa windows of U.S. consulates. To protect the American worker, our national policy must be informed by the practical realities seen by those on the front lines.

Under this rule, aliens with F, J, and I visas will have to apply for an extension of stay to remain in the United States lawfully after their initial authorized period of stay expires.

DHS has finalized a regulation that will rescind the Biden administration’s 2022 public charge rule. That rule limited the types of public benefit receipts immigration officers could consider when determining whether an alien is inadmissible because they are likely to become a public charge.

This BIA opinion makes it more likely that formal complaints will be filed when ineffective assistance of counsel is claimed. Combined with DHS’s recent crackdown on attorneys who file fraudulent applications on behalf of their alien clients, this is a bad time to be a bad immigration lawyer. Shoddy and corrupt attorneys should take notice and either up their legal games and get right with the law or find some other way to earn a living.