Immigration advocates and former immigration judges denounced Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ ruling this week restricting asylum for people fleeing domestic or gang violence, saying the decision could cost lives and endanger tens of thousands of people.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has just made it dramatically harder for victims of violence to receive asylum in the United States. Using his authority over the US immigration court system, Sessions decided Monday that people fleeing gangs and domestic violence will generally not qualify for asylum.

There was Cassandra Little, a former foster agency operator who said she was compelled by aggressive prosecutors to plead guilty to a lengthy list of federal Medicaid fraud charges and spent 23 months in a work camp in Victorville, California.

The Supreme Court of the United States declared on Tuesday that the clause of the immigration law that expedites the deportation of immigrants convicted of violent crimes can not be applied.

The institution invalidates a provision of a law that requires the mandatory deportation of immigrants convicted of crimes of violence; Judges argue that the law is unconstitutionally vague.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a provision of federal law that requires the mandatory deportation of immigrants who have been convicted of some "crimes of violence," holding that the law is unconstitutionally vague.

On Feb. 27, 2017, a man sits, sipping tea at the dining room table in his Pennsylvania home when federal immigration officers arrive at his door. Once inside, they demand his ID, which shows he is not a US citizen. Then, they arrest him and his co-worker, who arrives for their morning carpool. Neither man has a criminal record.

They pose as the cost-effective and more intimate alternative to pricey attorneys for immigrants looking to establish U.S. residency. Usually Spanish-speaking, they’re familiar with the immigration process - and how to take advantage of those seeking help.