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The Biden administration is directing its immigration enforcement agencies to largely steer clear of courthouses, part of an effort to combat a chilling effect that left migrants avoiding the legal system for fear of being deported. https://bit.ly/3eHMZYj

The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered the efforts of some long-term immigrants to avoid deportation in a ruling that faulted the federal government for improperly notifying a man who came to the United States illegally from Guatemala to appear for a removal hearing. https://reut.rs/332MSRz

The White House said Friday that President Joe Biden plans to increase the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the USA next month, hours after facing public outcry over a surprise decision to keep a Trump-era cap in place. https://bit.ly/3sHXOhW

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant to let people who have been allowed to stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds apply to become permanent residents if they entered the country illegally. https://reut.rs/3eo6DbI

Ten years after former President Barack Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Congress is once again debating legislation that would allow immigrants brought here as children to become U.S. citizens. Meanwhile, a Texas judge is poised to rule on the constitutionality of the DACA program, creating a potentially urgent deadline for the nation to decide whether hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who have lived here for most of their lives will finally have security in their chosen home or be deported to countries they haven't seen in many years. https://bit.ly/3mND333

For undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, a new court decision has brought a long-awaited reprieve from deportation. But the path to permanent respite remains marred with political and legal obstacles. https://bloom.bg/3phJYl0

A federal appeals court overturned a Justice Department decision denying the asylum of a former Colombia police officer who received multiple death threats from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. https://n.pr/39UJHzZ

The Trump administration said Monday that it fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation, complying with a federal judge’s order. https://bit.ly/36WJAlA

The Justice Department is requiring some immigrants facing deportation to file to stay in the United States in a matter of weeks, a highly unusual move that puts them at a disadvantage and at an increased risk of removal. https://cnn.it/36q0zwC

The past four years have seen a steep reduction in immigration. But the country is becoming ever more diverse. https://nyti.ms/3pC6rul