March 14, 2025

Policy Updates

• Legal protections for 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict could be revoked as soon as April

• Ukrainians could be put on a fast-track to deportation

• The administration has already paused processing of humanitarian parole applications for many countries, including Ukraine

• Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has introduced a bill to grant Ukrainians already in the U.S. Temporary Guest Status

• A travel ban by the Trump administration could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the U.S. could be imminent

• The ban would be based on a government review of countries' security and vetting risks

• The CBP One mobile application is being converted to "CBP Home" and used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to encourage self-deportation

• The CBP One app previously allowed for migrants to make asylum hearings appointments and to be vetted by immigration officials before crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Those functions were disabled in January.

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resumes family detention at a detention center in south Texas

• The South Texas Family Residential Center is operated by the private corporation Geo Group

• Another private corporation CoreCivic who operates detention facilities has also entered into a contract with ICE to hold immigrant families at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, TX

News Updates

• A new Migration Policy Institute analysis shows that between 2022 and 2023 immigration accounted for the entire U.S. population growth for the first time since data collection began in 1850.

• A federal appeals court continued to block the Trump administration's executive order to end birthright citizenship. There are 10 federal lawsuits across the country challenging the order and several judges have temporarily halted its enforcement.

• Around 200 people from 58 countries were naturalized in a ceremony in Boston on Tuesday. Many were overjoyed to become U.S. citizens, while others expressed mixed emotions. “On the one hand, it’s exciting to officially be part of the US community,” said Martin Jahn, who is originally from Germany and has been living in the U.S. for 12 years. “On the other hand, especially coming from Germany, I’m very worried about the recent developments in the government.”