WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services issued the following news release:
On July 21, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued an order in Venez. Ass'n of Mass., et al. v. United States Citizenship and Immigr. Servs., et al., 26-cv-13038-NMG (D. Mass.), granting, in part, plaintiffs' emergency motion for an administrative stay of certain USCIS policies based on H.R. 1, the Reconciliation Act of 2025-known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The plaintiffs are membership-based organizations representing individuals holding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and pending asylum applicants.
USCIS will comply with the court's order pending further jud...