On August 24, the DHS provided advance notice of a new proposed rule to expand the use of its discretionary parole authority to offer parole on a case-by-case basis to entrepreneurs seeking to make significant investments in the USA. The authority would come from the DHS’s discretion to grant parole for “significant public benefit.”

Ksena Karelina Freed From Russian Prison
Ksena Karelina, a dual U.S.-Russia citizen, was freed from Russian prison in a prisoner exchange after she had received a lengthy sentence for making a $52 donation to a charity conducting humanitarian work in Ukraine.