DHS is ending the H-1B lottery, replacing it with a selective, restrictive and weighted process that gives priority to high-wage and skill-proven applicants, after the fee. Though this is not an end to the visa, which only Congress can do, it should practically cut off the bottom to middle percentile.

First setback in a while but the ruling is not a final decision and is subject to review.

U.S. State Dept is now imposing visa sanctions on European politicians, lobbyists and other figures involved in censorship measures and other anti-speech pressure.

Apparently the SCOTUS ruling allows Trump to use the regular military anyway, and then the National Guard if necessary, upholding his authority to enforce the law with armed federal forces. Judges love to complicate the law however they can.

The Trump admin is redirecting pending asylum applications and adjustments to court for reapplication in other countries, outright cancelation and deportation.

NPR finds that over 1.6 million migrants have lost legal status since Trump took office, or are slated to lose it in coming months. This is ‘the largest effort ever’ done to take out ‘lawful’ foreigners.

Federal judge in Washington says Trump is acting within his authority by applying a $100k fee to all new H-1Bs, rejecting the attempt by the U.S. chamber of commerce to stop Trump from applying the high fee.

Murder, vehicle theft, robbery, burglary and property crime are all down this year by 10-20%. Changing the law to put repeat offenders away for good and executing more of criminals would drop the crime rate even more, especially in diverse cities.

ICE is seeking contract options to expand the capacity and size of mass detention and mass deportation for 2026-2029. Industrial-detainment and staging grounds for expedited removal flights are in talks.

Catholic groups make up a majority of the multibillion dollar mass migration industry; bishops and the pope have alarmed about remigration and made requests for mass deportation to slow down. One reason may be that many illegals are Catholic.

New DHS rule slated for 2026 will shut down the ‘fair’ H-1B lottery, replacing it with a weighted system in four levels. The lower levels will see a drop in chance of acceptance, so current and new H-1Bs start to get shut-out from entry level jobs.

President Trump's H-1B changes and legal immigration restrictions are causing serious shifts in the way businesses approach visa sponsorship and application, as the fees and vetting make overall access harder.

One immigration attorney says he has seen a ‘40-50% drop in H-1B inquiries’ and the pipeline for temporary or legal foreigners is drying up in many respects, tho the visa program itself is enduring as part of law.

America is seeing wide-scale and lasting restriction of overall immigration, trending towards reversal; flooded areas are drying. Economic shrinkage and population decline experts say is certain, but demographic correction is ‘possible’ for the first time.

Net immigration is tanking across the states, down 60-90% in many areas. Net migration into California alone has halved. Fresno County for example saw a net 12k migrants come 2024; only 750 for 2025. And births to foreign mothers has taken a hit, down almost 5% from last year.

In the face of record injunctions dealt by federal judges, the 2nd Trump admin has achieved record Supreme Court assists. The suggestion to ignore judges is a transient, insufficient solution. We need systemic, law-changing or court-crushing action. Important for lobbies and law-makers to adopt this framing and think accordingly.

Summary of major USCIS, DHS actions taken or started since January 20: first-ever armed agents to arrest legal migrants; a vetting HQ to coordinate monitoring and counter fraud to be built; public charge penalties returning, social media vetting expands, visa and permit duration shorten, in-person check-ins mandatory, ‘residence checks’ revived; ‘automatic employment authorization’ ended; H-1B lottery ending.

196,000 migrants have been issued a notice to appear; 95,000 visas have been revoked; 1.6 million migrants, so far, are listed for termination; 620,000+ illegals have been deported; 39 nations travel banned; 2 million asylum cases paused; green card lottery suspended, refugee cap cut from 125k to 7k with a focus on White people. A remittance tax is coming, all new application fees, plus the actions by HUD, IRS, and DOT to drive out unwanted aliens.