FR Regulations & Notices
USCIS 60-day notice of the revision of Form I-526 Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor, and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor. Comments are due 11/13/26. (91 FR 58144, 9/14/26)
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FR Regulations & Notices
USCIS 60-day notice of the revision of Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant. Comments are due 11/13/26. (91 FR 58164, 9/14/26)
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Agency Memos & Announcements
USCIS posted special instructions to the Form I-945, Public Charge Bond web page noting that on 9/18/26, USCIS will publish a revised edition of the form that will be required immediately, with no grace period. A preview version of the new form (edition date: 09/18/26) is available.
9/14/26
AILA Doc. No. 26091403.
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AILA Public Statements, Press Releases
AILA is proud to celebrate 21 years of AILA Citizenship Day on and around Thursday, September 17, with our partners: NALEO Educational Fund, National Partnership for New Americans, Citizenshipworks, and the New Americans Campaign.
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Immigration News
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 14, 2026.
9/14/26
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Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases
The BIA held that redaction of personally identifying information from inter-proceeding declarations provides sufficient protection of the declarants’ privacy and that declarants need not be made available for cross-examination before comparison. Matter of V–S–A–, 30 I&N Dec. 37 (BIA 2026)
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Professional Resources
In this article by Michele Carney, former Ethics Committee Chair, explains the single-mistake doctrine in ethic that single mistake should not result in career-defining discipline and discusses how that can pan out in a field of repeated change.
9/14/26
AILA Doc. No. 26091103.
Ethics
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Agency Memos & Announcements
USCIS is issued a policy alert (PA-2026-12) updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the regulatory changes on the registration of children born to foreign government employees in the United States as lawful permanent residents. Feedback is due 10/5/26.
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Agency Memos & Announcements
USCIS announced that it received enough petitions to meet the congressionally established H-2B cap for the first half of FY27. 9/4/26 was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before 4/1/27.
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FR Regulations & Notices
EOIR 30-day notice of the extension and revision of Form EOIR-59, Certification and Release of Records. Revisions include a new field to collect parent or guardian name, removal of the term “noncitizen”, and updated links and privacy policy. Comments are due 10/13/26. (91 FR 57930, 9/11/26)
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FR Regulations & Notices
DHS notice of proposed rulemaking to eliminate the 60-day grace period afforded to individuals with E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, L-1, O-1, or TN nonimmigrant classifications upon cessation of employment before their authorized period of stay expires. Comments are due 11/10/26. (91 FR 57807, 9/11/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that a change in law is not a basis for statutory reopening, that the petitioner’s untimely motion for reconsideration did not warrant equitable tolling, and that it lacked jurisdiction to review the denial of sua sponte reopening. (Aristy-Rosa v. Att’y Gen., 9/1/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that substantial evidence review applies to hardship determinations for cancellation of removal and to battery or extreme cruelty and hardship determinations for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) special cancellation. (Okene v. Blanche, 9/4/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that Wisconsin’s child neglect statute is categorically a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment under INA §237(a)(2)(E)(i), rendering the petitioner’s conviction under the statute a bar to cancellation of removal. (Reynoso-Salgado v. Blanche, 9/1/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that it lacked jurisdiction under INA §242(a)(1) to review an IJ’s affirmance of an asylum officer’s negative reasonable fear determination because the decision is not a final order of removal and does not affect the validity of one. (Sebastian-Perez v. Blanche, 9/2/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that a CAT order is not a final order of removal reviewable on its own under INA §242(a)(1) and that the 30-day deadline for filing a petition for review is a mandatory claims-processing rule not subject to equitable tolling. (B.P. v. Blanche, 9/2/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Rule conflicts with the asylum statute by restricting eligibility based on manner of entry, and that the agency also legally erred by failing to apply the complete mixed motives framework. (Garcia Morales v. Blanche, 8/31/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that the agency erred by requiring a pro se petitioner to submit a separate formal affidavit or corroborating documentary evidence for a motion to reopen an in absentia order where his factual assertions were not inherently unbelievable. (Trigueros Quizar v. Blanche, 9/4/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that reinstatement orders are final orders of removal subject to review, that petitioner was not entitled to equitable tolling of his untimely petition, and that 8 CFR §103.5(a) authorizes CBP to reopen, reconsider, and rescind reinstatement orders. (Santos v. Blanche, 9/8/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that the petitioner failed to exhaust administrative remedies because she did not adequately present to the BIA arguments challenging essential grounds for the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection. (Gonzalez Perez v. Blanche, 9/8/26)
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Immigration News
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 11, 2026.
9/11/26
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court denied the petitioner’s petition for rehearing, granted the government’s petition for rehearing en banc, and vacated its 5/29/26 opinion and judgment. (Laureano v. Att’y Gen., 9/2/26)
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Policy Briefs
Since the start of the Administration, ICE has been responsible for countless unlawful and violent abuses against immigrants and U.S. citizens, leading to serious injury and death. This policy brief highlights recent abuses and offers AILA’s solutions for reforming the system.
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Professional Resources
The AILA Marketplace Studies, now known as the AILA Practice Pulse, track the evolution of immigration law from 2011–2025, highlighting financial growth, demographic shifts, technological change, and emerging challenges including workload, politics, and AI.
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that the BIA abused its discretion by affirming the denial of the petitioner’s motion to amend a pleading without allowing the petitioner to present evidence that his attorney’s factual admission regarding his manner of entry was untrue. (Urias-Gaxiola v. Blanche, 9/2/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that the IJ properly applied the exceptional and extremely unusual hardship standard and considered the relevant evidence in denying cancellation of removal based on hardship to the petitioner’s children, including his son’s asthma. (Espinoza Benitez v. Blanche, 9/1/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that the persecutor bar contains no implied duress defense and that evidence of the petitioner’s ties to the Atonal Battalion in El Salvador, together with an unchallenged adverse credibility finding, supported application of the bar. (Perez-Castillo v. Blanche, 9/8/26)
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