Trainings & Guidance

IRAP explainer addressing the Trump Administration’s December 16, 2025 proclamation continuing and expanding the June 2025 restrictions on U.S. entry of noncitizens from certain countries.

Human Rights First practice advisory describing possible bases for pretermission in immigration court and explaining how to prepare for, and respond to, motions to pretermit a client’s asylum claim. Last updated on January 23, 2026.

Introductory webinar training designed for immigration attorneys seeking a practical foundation in federal immigration habeas litigation. Presented on December 16, 2025 by Bardis Vakili, Legal Director, CHRCL, and Kel White, Associate Director of Public Engagement & Training, Acacia Center for Justice.

Documents uploaded by the National Immigration Project (last updated on March 13, 2025) that include charts containing links to frequently used Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) asylum regulations and analogous 208 series Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations that are currently in effect. U.S. government websites continue to post enjoined asylum regulations that are […]

Practice advisory published by the ACLU, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, ACLU Southern California, and USC Gould School of Law, updated on December 3, 2025, discussing the order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz and describing how to request a bond hearing in light of […]

Practice advisory published by the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG) and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) on July 25, 2025 (updated August 27, 2025), discussing pretermission of asylum applications in immigration court in light of the March 2025 BIA decision in Matter of C-A-R-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 13 (BIA 2025) and April 2025 EOIR […]

Guide published by the National Immigration Project on December 2, 2025, outlining steps to address an order of removal in immigration court.

Update to the American Immigration Council and The Legal Aid Society’s practice guide on detention under INA § 235(b). Shortly after that practice guide was published, on September 5, 2025, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I&N Dec. 216 (BIA 2025), a precedent decision finding that any noncitizen who is […]

Practice guide published in September 2025 by American Immigration Council and The Legal Aid Society providing an overview of detention under INA § 235(b) and guidance for seeking release of noncitizens detained under this provision. Copyright © American Immigration Council. Reprinted with permission. Related materials: Practice Advisory