The immigration landscape in the United States has shifted dramatically—and rapidly since President Trump came back into office. Over the past several months, immigrants across the country have been living under the shadow of a sharp increase in ICE enforcement activity. Reports of coordinated raids, arrests in workplaces and neighborhoods, and targeted detentions are flooding
When a travel ban affects entire countries, it doesn’t just shut borders, it shuts out opportunity, divides families, and creates widespread fear. On June 4, President Trump issued a new presidential proclamation reviving one of his most controversial policies: a broad travel ban targeting foreign nationals from 19 countries. This action, reminiscent of his original
At The Law Offices of James A. Welcome, we’ve spent over two decades fighting for the rights of immigrants and their families. We don’t speak in fear. We speak in facts. And the fact is—if you’re undocumented, in removal proceedings, or waiting on an immigration benefit, the stakes have never been higher/ We are now
At The Law Offices of James A. Welcome, we’ve spent over two decades advocating for fairness in immigration law. That’s why we find it necessary to speak out—even in cases we don’t directly handle—when immigration policies create uncertainty, fear, and injustice for individuals who have long abided by the law. The Trump administration’s new move
In a major decision with national implications, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Venezuelan migrants—removing legal protections that have allowed them to live and work in the U.S. for years. The Court’s order lifts a prior block on the
Yesterday, history was made. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American with decades of experience serving poor and working-class communities in Peru, was elected the 267th pope of the Catholic Church. Taking the name Pope Leo XIV, he becomes the first American to ever lead the Church, and his background signals the potential for a new kind
The Trump administration has launched a self-deportation initiative, offering $1,000 and paid travel to undocumented immigrants who voluntarily leave the United States. This plan, now operated through the repurposed CBP Home app, urges individuals to turn themselves in, give up their right to due process, and exit the country—often without fully understanding the legal protections
