DHS Ends Automatic EAD Extensions for Renewal Filings — Effective October 30, 2025

Overview The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an interim final rule that will end the practice of automatically extending Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for most noncitizens who file renewal applications in certain categories. Effective Date: Beginning October 30, 2025, individuals who file EAD renewal applications on or after this date will no longer […]

Let’s Kill All the Lawyers

The White House issued a memo on March 22, 2025 ominously titled Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court. The phrase “Let’s Kill All the Lawyers” is from William  Shakespeare’s Henry VI said by a character called Dick the Butcher in Act IV, Scene II. This phrase has been seized upon to […]

Can Some Returning Nonimmigrants Challenge an Expedited Removal Order in Court? How Recent Case Law May Provide a Window of Opportunity

Under section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”),[1] U.S. immigration officers may order certain non-citizens[2] who are arriving in the United States to be removed on an expedited basis, without any appeal or meaningful judicial review.  This “expedited removal” process can lead to unfair results, but the conventional wisdom has been that it […]