Free News Sources:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, All News + Alerts
Tip: Researchers can filter Alerts by category/month/year. Example: Filtering by category: H-1 Visas & year: 2025 includes: H-1B Final Rule, H-2 Final Rule, and Revised Form I-129 Effective Jan. 17, 2025. Subscribe to receive email notification of new alerts.
U.S. Dep't. of Homeland Security, Featured News, All DHS News + DHS.gov (includes some news & updates)
All DHS News supports searching by topic (topics include: Citizenship and Immigration Services & Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, News Releases and Statements
The White House (describes current Administration & its priorities + provides News of Presidential actions, press briefings, speeches & statements) + highlights Presidential Actions
Free Source of Federal Rules, Notices & Presidential Documents:
Federal Register (publicly accessible M-F "daily journal" of the U.S. federal government)
Enter a search term, such as: immigration
Tip: Limit search results by checking: Rule, Proposed Rule, Notice or Presidential Document. If desired, in results list, sort by: Newest. Includes ability to print Federal Register documents in PDF.
Free Legal News Sources:
AILA law student membership includes access to: AILA8 (= daily immigration e-newsletter highlighting top 8 news stories)
BLS full-time law students: Your AILA membership is free! Contact AILA at: membership@aila.org or 202-507-7635
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Immigration News: Daily Immigration News Clips provides free national and local media coverage of "key immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S." Scroll down to middle of screen to link to most recent Daily Immigration News Clips. AILA's member/practitioners also share their knowledge through AILA's blog: Think Immigration.
Immigration practitioners also highlight key developments:
Fragomen, Our Insights (This firm of 6,000+ immigration-focused professionals and staff provides blog posts, news, podcasts & videos.)
Immigration Lawyers Podcast (Immigration Lawyers Toolbox provides "[d]iscussions related to the Field and Practice of Immigration Law." Podcasts include updates & interviews.)
Immigration Review ("[W]eekly [Monday] podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A.")
McBean Immigration TV (LaToya McBean Pompey, Esq.discusses "the U.S. immigration system, news and changing policies." Provides: Latest Weekly Immigration News.)
REDIRECT (Weekly podcast of immigration attorneys Matthew Archambeault, Esq. & Stephen Robbins, Esq. "to share unique perspectives on U.S. immigration policy and the practice of law.") (Click here)
Subscription Legal News Sources:
$ Law360.com topic: Immigration (use from an off-campus location requires implementation of BLS proxy server instructions)
$ Law.com topic: Immigration Law (use from an off-campus location requires implementation of BLS proxy server instructions)
$ Lexis+ > Immigration Law Practice Center
If a researcher is logged in to Lexis+: Lexis+ Immigration Practice Center page features immigration news from Law360.com topic: Immigration Law.
Twice per month, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. publishes Bender's Immigration Bulletin (which includes immigration news, case digests, regulations, other government documents & legal analysis of new developments). Click the bell (near top of screen) to create a "Publication Alert."
$ Westlaw Today > Practice Area > Immigration
$ Westlaw Precision > Practice Area > Immigration > Immigration Resources: Secondary Sources includes Interpreter Releases ("weekly analysis of legislative, administrative, and judicial developments related to immigration law"), Interpreter Releases Daily, Immigration Briefings ("in-depth analysis of a timely immigration law topic each month") & Fragomen Business Alerts (focus: business immigration law developments).
Tip: In $ Westlaw Precision source: Interpreter Releases, run a keyword search & click: icon of a bell to: Create WestClip Alert.
Free News Sources:
Tip for New York residents or workers: Apply here for a New York Public Library card to gain remote access to many of NYPL’s subscription databases.
Filter NYPL’s A-Z Database List by subject: Newspapers-Current and Historical
Google News > tab: U.S.
Supports searching by topics, locations & sources + downward arrow (far right in search box) allows date restrictions. Try:
immigration
“immigration” “new york”
Politico + POLITICO (@politico) [X.com]
Useful sources to track recent Congressional developments re. immigration legislation.
Subscription News Sources:
BLS students, faculty and administrators can create individual $ NYTimes.com + $ FT.com accounts by following instructions at: https://guides.brooklaw.edu/news
$ The New York Times topic: Immigration and Emigration
$ Financial Times topics: U.S. Immigration, Global Migration
BLS students, faculty and administrators have campus-wide access to $ WashingtonPost.com when connected to Brooklyn Law School’s wireless network. These patrons have off-campus access when using a web browser that communicates with the BLS proxy server. See BLS proxy server instructions. This News Access guide box describes how to create a personal WashingtonPost.com account.
$ The Washington Post topic: Immigration
$ Lexis+ > News
Tip: Contact askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu for help in creating/saving a search of the "headline and lead" segments in a Lexis+ database such as: U.S. News.
"Tracker of Trackers":
UC San Diego Library, U.S. Government Information: Trump Trackers
Highlights/links to trackers on many topics, including Climate/Environment, Immigration and LGBTQ+.
Immigration Trackers & Litigation Trackers:
Prof. Lucas Guttentag, w/ Stanford and Yale law students + supported by a team of national immigration experts, Immigration Policy Tracking Project
This project tracks the current status of "Trump 1.0 and 2.0" immigration policies. It includes a keyword search feature and links to source documents. If desired, follow home page tip: FOR ALL TRUMP 2.0 POLICIES, CLICK HERE.
American Immigration Council, Topic: Immigration Reform reports on:
Executive Action (scope: U.S.)
Legislation (scope: U.S.)
See also the useful Fact Sheets, such as:
Analysis of Trump’s New Travel Ban (June 6, 2025)
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Research Library
Publicly Accessible:
Practice Resource: Tracking Notable Executive Branch Action during the Second Trump Administration - Researchers can browse/link from this site to U.S. government documents.
AILA's Research Library: Researchers can click: "^" to the left of: TYPES > check: FR Regulations & Notices. If desired, click: Sort results by: Date.
Just Security, Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions ("continually updated")
Categorizes cases by topic, including topic: Immigration and Citizenship. Links to case dockets @ Court Listener + links to complaints filed in cases. When searching, use Topic pull-down menu category: Immigration and Citizenship.
Lawfare, Trump Administration Litigation Tracker (this tracker states: "For real-time updates on the latest filings, follow @trumplitigation.bots.law on Bluesky ... curated by Anna Hickey and Tyler McBrien and published in collaboration with the Free Law Project.")
Search by keyword(s), such as: immigration
$ Lexis+ Practical Guidance > Federal Government > Tools & Resources: Trackers includes:
$ Westlaw > Practical Law > 2025 US Immigration Developments Tracker
$ Westlaw Precision > Daily Presidential Documents
Site defaults to "10 most recent documents." Run a search, such as: immigra! or asylum If desired, click: icon of a bell to: Create WestClip Alert.
Regulations.gov supports submission/searching of comments on proposed U.S. federal immigration regulations. See this site's FAQ on Commenting.
Immigration company Boundless provides How to Submit a Public Comment to a Federal Agency.
American Immigration Lawyers Association's Research Library (a publicly accessible site) provides AILA's comments on proposed regulations.
Click: "^" to the right of: TYPES > check: Memo & Regulatory Comments. If desired, click: Sort results by: Date.