Consumers Affected
444,000
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in opposing a DHS rule that allows certain affirmative asylum applications to be referred to immigration court without an asylum officer interview. The coalition argues the rule violates federal law, harms asylum applicants, and bypasses notice-and-comment requirements; the release describes a comment letter, not a privacy enforcement action or monetary penalty.
This release concerns immigration policy rather than privacy enforcement, and it identifies no privacy-related contract remedy or obligation. In-house teams do not need to revise privacy clauses based on this action; organizations contracting with immigration legal-service providers or serving asylum applicants may nevertheless review service scope, procedures for supporting applicants through interviews and court proceedings, protections for unaccompanied children, and compliance obligations tied to changes in federal rules.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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Other"the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS)"
"Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act"
"Administrative Procedure Act (APA)"
"Abandons compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by circumventing notice and comment requirements when the Rule went immediately into effect on July 28, 2026;"
"submitted a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new rule"
"could affect up to 444,000 cases already pending in EOIR’s asylum backlog"
Virginia joined a multistate coalition filing a notice in Character Technologies, Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings, raising concerns about the company’s privacy and safety practices and the sensitive chatbot conversations it holds. The filing seeks protections for children and consumers in any sale or transfer of the business or assets; the release does not report a fine or final finding of violations.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a multistate coalition submitting a comment letter opposing HHS’s proposed changes to Head Start standards. The release describes concerns about proposed reductions to requirements for child safety, staffing, health services, and other program protections; it reports no privacy enforcement action or penalty.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined 22 attorneys general in a comment letter opposing a proposed USCIS rule that would impose a $103,265 tax on certain H-1B petitions. The coalition urged USCIS to withdraw the proposal, arguing it exceeds the agency’s authority, harms state staffing, and violates rulemaking requirements.
A federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from penalizing states over SNAP administration and struck down guidance restricting food assistance for certain lawful permanent residents. The release does not state the date of the court’s ruling, so the event date uses the publication date as a proxy.
Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing a proposed CMS rule that the coalition says oversteps federal law, could put Medicaid funding at risk, and interfere with state regulation of health insurance. The coalition urges CMS to withdraw or significantly revise the proposed rule.
Attorney General Jay Jones and a coalition of 24 attorneys general obtained a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from demanding a database of state-owned records containing personal information of 17 million CDL drivers from AAMVA and from terminating over $10 million in federal funding. The lawsuits allege DOT, FMCSA, and DHS violated federal privacy laws by secretly creating a database with no guardrails on use or sharing of Social Security numbers and no public notice.