The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals says the case of a Nigerian woman who was detained after obtaining a visa to rejoin her husband "highlights the obstacles that foreigners face in navigating arcane procedures intended to reunite them with their American-citizen spouses in the United States."

A former Chicago resident who was prohibited from reentering the United States after a trip abroad in 2003 should be allowed to return to the United States, the District Court of Northern Illinois ruled today.

A Somali refugee who has been represented by the National Immigrant Justice Center for more than six years and whose case was pending at the U.S. Supreme Court will receive protection as the result of a settlement with the U.S. Solicitor General.

In the case of Mekhael v. Mukasey, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals delivered the latest in a series of stinging rebukes to the immigration courts and Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) when it ordered the review of the case of a Lebanese asylum seeker and called for the Department of Justice to allocate more resources to ensure that immigrants receive fair review of their cases.