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DHS and ICE published a proposed rule to increase the HR-1 fee for certain aliens ordered removed in absentia from $5,130 to $18,000. The proposal applies to people ordered removed in absentia who fail to depart the United States and are later arrested by ICE; comments are due June 22, 2026.
The BIA held in Matter of I-B-M-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 628, that change-of-venue requests made close to or during an individual hearing are less likely to show good cause, and that venue generally should not be changed on the day of an individual hearing absent extraordinary circumstances. The decision also requires Immigration Judges to limit off-the-record discussions, summarize any such discussion fully on the record, and maintain neutrality toward both DHS and respondents.
OIRA's regulatory pipeline lists "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility" as a pending review item under RIN 1615-AD06. That posture signals early federal review of a possible public-charge rulemaking, not a final change in governing standards.
The Supreme Court issued a CVSG in GEO Group v. Nwauzor, No. 25-828, asking the Solicitor General for the United States' views on GEO's cert petition. The BIA Edge dossier frames the case as a pending Supreme Court challenge over state minimum-wage liability for work by civil immigration detainees at a private ICE facility, with intergovernmental-immunity, federal-preemption, and derivative-sovereign-immunity defenses in play.
DHS published a section 102 determination waiving laws, regulations, and other legal requirements to expedite construction of barriers and roads near the international land border in Texas. The notice is a border-infrastructure development rather than an individual-case rule, but it remains relevant to federal immigration-enforcement authority and related challenges.
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