IN THE NEWS TODAY
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
Federal Court Vacates Immigration Restrictions on Health, Education and Social Services
NYS Office of the Attorney General |La Opinion/ September 21–22, 2026
A federal court granted New York and a coalition of states summary judgment and vacated federal interpretations that would have subjected programs including Head Start, community health centers, adult education, Title X clinics, food banks and domestic-violence services to expanded immigration-status restrictions. This is a final merits ruling on the challenged policies rather than the preliminary injunction obtained last year.
FEDERAL POLICY & COURTS
CMS Cancels Marketplace Enrollments Covering More Than 760,000 People
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services / Associated Press | September 22, 2026
CMS says it canceled approximately 315,000 unauthorized ACA Marketplace enrollments covering more than 760,000 people and is tightening identity and immigration-document verification for broker-assisted applications. Outside health-policy experts have called for more transparency about how affected consumers were identified.
The Associated Press reports that administration officials characterized the canceled enrollments as fraudulent or unauthorized, while outside health-policy experts called for greater transparency about how CMS identified affected consumers and whether legitimate enrollees could be inadvertently removed.
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Review Immigration-Detention Case
Court filing / September 22, 2026
The federal government has asked the Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit ruling permitting Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri to pursue a federal habeas challenge to his detention while removal proceedings continue. The case could help resolve disagreement among appellate courts about when federal district courts may review constitutional challenges to immigration detention.
The issue potentially extends well beyond Suri’s individual case: the government argues that federal immigration law limits district-court jurisdiction over detention challenges tied to removal proceedings, while the Fourth Circuit concluded that Suri could pursue his constitutional challenge to detention in federal court.
RESEARCH & DATA
New Analysis Examines Community Effects of Immigration Enforcement in Stamford
Immigration Research Initiative | September 22, 2026
A new qualitative analysis examines how enforcement pressure affects immigrant workers, families and community organizations in Stamford, Connecticut. Its relevance extends into the New York metropolitan region and highlights the broader integration effects of enforcement beyond arrests themselves.
Iowa Program Connects Refugees With Legal Help on Path to Permanent Residence
International Rescue Committee | September 22, 2026
A new refugee-navigation initiative coordinates document preparation, medical requirements and appointments with qualified immigration legal providers to help eligible refugees transition to lawful permanent residence—a potentially useful model for immigrant legal-service systems elsewhere.
IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION FACT OF THE DAY
Using the 2021 American Community Survey, IIIRP provides eight datasets covering foreign-born/native-born population, country of origin, languages spoken, English proficiency, educational attainment, age, employment sector, and poverty for foreign-born New Yorkers ages 16–64.
Source: IIIRP Data Gateway | American Community Survey, 2021.
Explore the IIIRP Immigrant New Yorkers Data Gateway
