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Immigration advocates challenge federal refugee policy in court

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Advocates are challenging the government’s stance that they can now investigate and detain refugees who are not yet permanent residents. The case could affect 5,600 people in Minnesota who are originally from Africa, Asia or Latin America.

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Thousands of refugees legally entering the United States but without permanent resident status are at risk of being arrested and detained during a further review of their situation, according to new directives from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled this week. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Thousands of refugees who entered the United States legally, but have no resident status, are at risk of being detained and detained for as long as it requires a further examination of their situation, according to new guidelines from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The Department of Internal Security has just expanded the capacity of federal immigration authorities to arrest legal refugees who have not yet obtained permanent residence. The arguments behind this change are national security and the need to ensure that refugees are subject to additional assessments, according to a DHS memorandum received by the CNN. Immigration agents may take and arrest refugees who have not adjusted their status to a perma…

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Day by Day News USA – The United States government has implemented new guidelines allowing the detention of refugees who, after one year of legal entry into the country, have not begun the process of obtaining permanent residency. The change was introduced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the record of a case pending before a federal court in Minnesota and marks a significant shift in immigration policy. Under this provision, refu…

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President Trump’s government has issued a new wide-ranging order that could lead to the arrest of tens of thousands of refugees who are legally in the United States but still do not have permanent residence, reversing years of legal and immigration safeguards. The Department of Homeland Security issued a memorandum on Wednesday stating that refugees applying for a permanent residence card must be placed back in federal custody one year after the…

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El Universo broke the news in on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
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