• President Donald Trump has announced that he will travel to China for a state visit on May 14–15 to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, after postponing his earlier planned trip to Beijing due to the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
• The US will expand its visa screening process to include social media and online presence checks for additional visa categories from March 30, according to the State Department.
• The Department of Homeland Security confirmed it has begun deploying hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to assist in security at airports facing significant staffing issues.
• Markwayne Mullin has officially been confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. President Donald Trump nominated Mullin this month after removing Kristi Noem from the position.
• The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing the Ivy League institution of "antisemitic discrimination" and failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment and discrimination.
• The US Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed this week that the statutory cap for H-2B work visas has been met for the latter half of the fiscal year 2026.
