The enforcement operations are reportedly fueled by a data-sharing agreement between the TSA and ICE, which exposes passenger details as soon as they clear checkpoints.  There has been a sharp increase in immigration arrests at US airports with reports indicating ICE is targeting individuals who are legally in the country.

Federal lawmakers have introduced the No TSA Data for ICE Act to block coordination between the agencies making arrests at US airports with reports showing that ICE Enforcement is targeting people who are in the country legally. The TSA should play no part in the Trump/ICE terror campaign.  It’s dangerous and a violation of people’s privacy.

Current Law states that if you’re in lawful status and you have an extension pending – you are lawfully here. ICE has taken the opposite position that unless approved, you’re not lawfully here and  we can detain  you.

Remember, if you are a nonimmigrant in the USA and are 18 years of age or older, carry proof of your legal status and registration at all times.  This would include your core identification, an unexpired foreign passport, valid visa stamp from a US Consulate or Embassy, specific admission records, any unexpired I-797 status-related approval documents, your Form I-94 arrival/departure record, if a student your I-20 form issued by the school’s DSO, if a J-1 your DS-2019 document, and an unexpired EAD form (I-766) if applicable.

This final rule is effective August 3, 2026

The Department of State has identified nationals from roughly 50 designated high-overstay countries that will be subject to visa bonds:

• Algeria (January 21, 2026)
• Angola (January 21, 2026)
• Antigua and Barbuda (January 21, 2026)
• Bangladesh (January 21, 2026)
• Benin (January 21, 2026)
• Bhutan (January 1, 2026)
• Botswana (January 1, 2026)
• Burundi (January 21, 2026)
• Cabo Verde (January 21, 2026)
• Cambodia (April 2, 2026)
• Central African Republic (January 1, 2026)
• Cote D’Ivoire (January 21, 2026)
• Cuba (January 21, 2026)
• Djibouti (January 21, 2026)
• Dominica (January 21, 2026)
• Ethiopia (April 2, 2026)
• Fiji (January 21, 2026)
• Gabon (January 21, 2026)
• The Gambia (October 11, 2025)
• Georgia (April 2, 2026)
• Grenada (April 2, 2026)
• Guinea (January 1, 2026)
• Guinea-Bissau (January 1, 2026)
• Kyrgyz Republic (January 21, 2026)
• Lesotho (April 2, 2026)
• Malawi (August 20, 2025)
• Mauritania (October 23, 2025)
• Mauritius (April 2, 2026)
• Mongolia (April 2, 2026)
• Mozambique (April 2, 2026)
• Namibia (January 1, 2026)
• Nepal (January 21, 2026)
• Nicaragua (April 2, 2026)
• Nigeria (January 21, 2026)
• Papua New Guinea (April 2, 2026)
• Sao Tome and Principe (October 23, 2025)
• Senegal (January 21, 2026)
• Seychelles (April 2, 2026)
• Tajikistan (January 21, 2026)
• Tanzania (October 23, 2025)
• Togo (January 21, 2026)
• Tonga (January 21, 2026)
• Tunisia (April 2, 2026)
• Turkmenistan (January 1, 2026)
• Tuvalu (January 21, 2026)
• Uganda (January 21, 2026)
• Vanuatu (January 21, 2026)
• Venezuela (January 21, 2026)
• Zambia (August 20, 2025) 
• Zimbabwe (January 21, 2026)

An alien applying for a visa as a temporary visitor for business or pleasure (B-1/B-2) may be required to submit a bond (visa bond) to ensure that the alien maintains his or her nonimmigrant status and departs as required. Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa applicants to post a bond of up to $20,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined by the consular officers.

Visa overstay rates are based on the B1/B2 overstay rates per the Department of Homeland Security’s Entry/Exit Overstay Report.

Any citizen or national traveling on a passport issued by one of these countries, who is found otherwise eligible for a B1/B2 visa, may be required to submit a bond to ensure that the alien maintains his or her nonimmigrant status and departs as required. Consular officers may require visa applicants to post a bond of up to $20,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined by the consular officers during the visa interview.

The applicant must also submit a Department of Homeland Security Form I-352.  Applicants must agree to the terms of the bond through the Department of the Treasury’s online payment platform Pay.gov.  This requirement applies regardless of place of application.

The deposit is fully refunded if the traveler adheres to their nonimmigrant status, departs the U.S. on time, or files a proper extension/change of status.

The money is forfeited if the visitor overstays their authorized time or applies for unauthorized humanitarian or asylum status while in the country.

Federal Notice:  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15726.pdf

E-Verify may have notified you via Case Alerts that one or more of your employees has an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) that has been revoked by DHS.  EADs that have been revoked will no longer appear in Case Alerts; instead, you should regularly generate the Status Change Report to identify E-Verify cases that may have been created with an EAD that is now revoked.  

To access the report, log in to your E-Verify account and click on the “Reports” tab at the top of the homepage to select the new Status Change Report.  E-Verify Employer Agents can create this report on behalf of their clients using the E-Verify browser. The chart below displays date ranges of when EADs were revoked by DHS with the corresponding date that the data in the Status Change Report was updated. 

If you have a current employee who appears on the Status Change Report, compare your employee’s EAD card number presented for Form I-9 to the revoked document number in the report. If the numbers match, you must reverify their employment authorization. E-Verify employers must use Form I-9, Supplement B, to immediately begin reverifying every current employee whose EAD the Status Change Report indicates was revoked or who voluntarily discloses that their EAD has been revoked. You must complete the reverifications within a reasonable amount of time.

If you have recently reverified an individual listed on the report, and the employee presented any List A or C document other than the revoked EAD that shows they continue to have employment authorization, then do not reverify the employee again until their employment authorization expires.

Please refer here for employer instructions and FAQs. https://www.e-verify.gov/ead-revocation-guidance-for-e-verify-employers