September 19, 2025
- $100,000 H-1B visa fee imposed — massive fee increase despite Musk’s earlier vow to “go to war” defending the program; Trump said it would ensure “great workers”
September 18, 2025
- Mahmoud Khalil ordered deported — Columbia graduate student ordered removed for pro-Palestinian activism with no criminal charges; judge ruled his “beliefs threaten national security”
September 2, 2025
- Appeals court blocks Alien Enemies Act deportations — Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump cannot use 1798 law against alleged Tren de Aragua members; court rejected claim that gang “invaded” the U.S.