Disclaimer: We assist with federal U.S. immigration (USCIS) matters only. Attorney Scott A. Maki is licensed in Minnesota only and cannot assist with state-law matters in any other state, including North Dakota.
The latest immigration news for families, green card applicants, and people applying for U.S. citizenship. We post updates on USCIS and State Department policy changes, visa bans, and court rulings as they happen.
Latest immigration news
- USCIS Adjustment of Status Policy: AAUP v. Mullin Lawsuit
Is the new USCIS adjustment of status policy hurting green card cases? See what PM-602-0199 means for families and the AAUP v. Mullin lawsuit. - USCIS Citizenship Application Holds & Canceled Oath Ceremonies: 2026 Update
Is your N-400 citizenship application on hold or your oath ceremony canceled? What the USCIS holds on 39 countries and the Red Eagle v. Edlow court order mean for you. - Court Denies Stay: 75-Country Visa Ban Still Blocked (CLINIC v. Rubio)
Oct. 19, 2026: the 2nd Circuit kept the 75-country visa ban blocked but paused re-review of refused visas. The PP 10998 travel ban is still in effect.
Immigration court cases we are tracking
| Case | What it affects | Current status |
|---|---|---|
| CLINIC v. Rubio | Immigrant visas for people from 75 countries | Policy struck down Aug. 21, 2026; district court denied government’s stay request Sept. 25; government filed an emergency stay motion in the Second Circuit Sept. 28 (fully briefed Oct. 15). On Oct. 19 a single Second Circuit judge, pending a three-judge panel’s decision on that motion, refused to temporarily pause the ruling striking down the policy (so the policy remains blocked and new visa applications cannot be refused under it) but temporarily paused the part ordering re-review of visas refused solely under the policy; the panel has not yet ruled. In the district court, plaintiffs’ proposed enforcement order (Oct. 15) and the government’s opposition (Oct. 16) are pending; on Oct. 19 the government asked the judge to hold off until the panel rules, and plaintiffs opposed that request the same day; on Oct. 20 the judge let the government file a reply by Oct. 23 explaining what happens to visas refused under the policy, and on Oct. 23 the government filed it, saying the State Department is still re-reviewing those refused visas under its own unchanged instructions but that the court cannot order deadlines or reports while that part is paused; later on Oct. 23 plaintiffs asked for leave to file a short response; no ruling yet. On Nov. 6 plaintiffs filed an amended complaint that also challenges other State Department public charge instructions to embassies (no ruling on those claims; the 75-country policy remains blocked). The separate travel ban (Proclamation 10998) is not affected and remains in effect for 39 countries (updated Nov. 6, 2026) |
| Red Eagle Law v. Edlow | USCIS holds on applications (including citizenship) from 39 countries | Holds blocked by court Aug. 24, 2026; USCIS must process these applications normally; no appeal filed; joint status report filed Oct. 1 (contents not yet public); some named plaintiffs dismissed their own claims Oct. 4 and 5, class order unaffected; on Oct. 27 plaintiffs filed a motion to enforce the order (government response due Nov. 10; on Oct. 29 the hearing was moved from Dec. 4 to Jan. 22, 2027, by video only; no ruling yet) (updated Oct. 30, 2026) |
| AAUP v. Mullin | USCIS green card (adjustment of status) policies: applying inside the U.S. treated as a negative factor (PM-602-0199) and denials without a Request for Evidence (PA-2026-05) | Lawsuit filed Oct. 5, 2026 in federal court in Massachusetts; the case was reassigned Oct. 16 to U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs; on Nov. 5 the judge granted the parties’ joint request to set a case schedule (dates not yet public); no court ruling and no request for an emergency order on the docket yet, so both policies remain in effect (updated Nov. 6, 2026) |
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