New Limits on Visa Validity for Nigeria

On May 14, 2026, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction blocking four provisions of Texas Senate Bill 4 (S.B. 4, 88-4), one day before the 2023 statute was scheduled to take effect on May 15, 2026.

On May 15, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security announced that April 2026 marked the twelfth consecutive month in which the United States Border Patrol released zero apprehended noncitizens into the interior of the United States from the southwest border.

For most of the modern history of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), lawful permanent residence has functioned as a settled status. Adjudication was, in practical effect, terminal: once an applicant adjusted status under INA § 245, 8 U.S.C. § 1255, or was admitted as an immigrant abroad, the resulting green card was treated as a durable entitlement that could be undone only through narrow and well-defined procedures.