IN THE NEWS TODAY
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld an injunction blocking an IRS policy for sharing taxpayer addresses with ICE, finding that the procedure violated federal taxpayer-confidentiality law after the IRS disclosed 47,289 records, largely through an automated process that did not ensure ICE had satisfied the statutory prerequisites for obtaining the information.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow voter verification database that was blocked by judge
The administration asked the Supreme Court to permit expanded use of DHS’s SAVE immigration database for voter-roll citizenship verification, seeking emergency relief after both a district court and the D.C. Circuit left restrictions on the system in place; challengers contend inaccurate or outdated records could wrongly flag eligible voters, including naturalized citizens.
Salvadoran TPS reaches the end of its current designation
Federal Register / USCIS | September 9, 2026
The existing Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador runs through September 9, 2026; the governing Federal Register notice covered approximately 232,000 beneficiaries eligible to re-register when the 18-month extension was announced in 2025.
NEW YORK
A Rochester coalition’s newly launched campaign asking Monroe County to further restrict informal cooperation with federal immigration authorities was reviewed, but it represents an advocacy initiative rather than a new government policy and therefore was not elevated into today’s selected stories. WXXI reports that the Monroe County Sheriff’s existing policy already restricts participation in civil immigration enforcement.
Immigrant visa processing resumes for Hungary and Poland while broader pause continues
The State Department has resumed immigrant-visa processing in Hungary and Poland while a broader pause remains in place elsewhere, according to Reuters, even as consular personnel undergo training connected to new public-charge assessments; the State Department has not publicly provided Reuters with a detailed explanation for the selective restart.
RESEARCH & DATA
A new University of Illinois Chicago study using anonymized cellphone mobility data estimates that fear and reduced movement associated with immigration-enforcement activity cost Chicago-area retail and restaurant businesses more than $1.26 billion and Illinois roughly $107 million in lost tax revenue, demonstrating how large-scale immigration enforcement can produce measurable economic effects well beyond immigrant households and neighborhoods.
IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION FACT OF THE DAY
IIIRP DATA GATEWAY
6% of employed Dominican-born New Yorkers were self-employed in 2021.
Among the 247,652 Dominican-born New Yorkers age 16 or older in the civilian workforce, IIIRP reports that 6% were self-employed, while 82% were salaried private-sector workers and 11.4% worked in the public sector.
Source: IIIRP Data Gateway | U.S. Census American Community Survey, 2021, 1-year Selected Population Profiles