Chioma Azi, Esquire

08/22/2026

The immigrant visa ban for 75 countries including many nations in Africa and the Caribbean has been struck down as "contrary to law" by a Federal District Court judge. Let's see if there will be an appeal by the government

The Trump administration’s ban on visas for immigrants from 75 countries was struck down by a federal judge on Friday, who ruled it was “contrary to law” and outside the statutory authority of Secreta...

06/16/2026

Europe continues with its decades long push to stop migration. Swiss voters recently rejected a proposal by a far right party to cap Switzerland's population at 10 million by blocking migration

Swiss authorities and economic players breathed a sigh of relief Sunday after voters narrowly rejected a divisive anti-immigration proposal to cap the country's population, which had sparked warnings ...

06/06/2026

Another loss for the federal government. A federal judge has recently struck down USCIS's policy memos pausing processing on a range of applications for nationals from so called "high risk" nations. The extra positive side of this ruling is it impacts nationals of all impacted countries and not just the plaintiffs

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the country.

05/19/2026

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05/05/2026

Good news (for now) for some nationals subject to the pause on immigration benefits. Following a lawsuit by several plaintiffs from impacted countries, a federal judge has placed an injunction on an executive order suspending processing for certain nationals seeking benefits citing its discriminatory nature.

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, April 30 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday ruled that policies that make it harder for people from countries on President Donald Trump's travel ban list to get green

04/08/2026

As SCOTUS weighs the President's attempt to end birthright citizenship through executive order, Italy-widely known for their generous bloodline based citizenship, abruptly changed their laws last year, tightening requirements. This has left some Americans looking for a new life in Italy lost, deported or even living undocumented in Italy. Not too different than what immigrants here go through, yet very different at the same time.

Italy’s new law restricting citizenship by descent has disappointed millions of the diaspora but has upended the lives of descendants who’d moved to Italy to start new lives.