According to this article on Charlotte Observer, by DJ SIMMONS

“Three North Carolina organizations have joined federal lawsuits that could provide relief for immigrant victims of crime following a backlog of visa applications.

More than 150 immigrant victims of crime are being represented by the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, the North Carolina Justice Center and the Legal Aid of North Carolina in two lawsuits filed in January and February against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

According to this article on Miami Herald, by JACQUELINE CHARLES

“A former mayor of a small town in Haiti’s western region has been ordered by a federal court in Boston to pay $15.5 million in damages after being found guilty in a civil case of torture, extrajudicial killings, attempted killing and arson.

Jean Morose Viliena, a U.S. permanent resident living in Malden, Massachusetts, had served as mayor of Les Irois in Haiti’s Grand’Anse region from December 2006 until February 2010 and then was appointed mayor again in 2012 by former Haitian President Michel Martelly. He got the job despite a murder indictment in the Haitian courts.”

According to this article on Forbes, by Stuart Anderson

“The Department of Homeland Security’s proposed asylum rule likely will need to overcome design flaws and legal problems to achieve its goals. The rule may violate U.S. immigration law and relies on policies providing lawful paths of entry that might not be available in the future. As a result, the rule may fail in its objective to reduce illegal entry and could lead to fewer people receiving humanitarian protection. The rule could enable a future administration to end virtually all or most asylum applications at the Southwest border by allowing few or an insufficient number of appointments to be scheduled via the government’s mobile app.”