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USCIS
Federal Court Vacates USCIS Benefit Freeze Policies in Dorcas Decision
Rhode Island federal court voids four USCIS policies that had frozen asylum, adjustment of status, and other immigration benefit adjudications. Practitioners must now advise clients that these holds no longer apply.
removal defense
USCIS
APA Challenge to a USCIS Denial: When Agency Action Is 'Arbitrary and Capricious' Under 5 U.S.C. §706(2)(A)
The Administrative Procedure Act lets a federal court set aside agency action that is arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law. Threshold doctrines — final agency action, jurisdictional bars, and the State Farm hard-look test — decide whether the suit moves.
policy update 7 min