On October 8, 2025, the New York City government, the Department of Education, and NYC Health + Hospitals jointly filed a 327-page complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accusing major social media companies—including Meta Platforms, Inc. (parent of Facebook and Instagram), Snap Inc. (Snapchat), ByteDance Ltd. (TikTok), and Alphabet Inc. (YouTube/Google)—of causing serious harm to minors’ health and the city’s public education system.

The Trump administration has formally filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to uphold its executive order on birthright citizenship and allow it to take effect. If the Court rules in favor of the order, children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented or only temporarily present would no longer automatically receive U.S. citizenship. The move signals that one of the core provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment is facing an unprecedented challenge

President Donald Trump recently signed a proclamation announcing that, starting Sunday, the application fee for H-1B visas would be raised dramatically: new applicants or their employers must pay a one-time fee of $100,000, compared with the previous fee of only $2,000 to $5,000. The White House stated that the measure is intended to “ensure American workers come first” and to require companies to assume greater financial responsibility when hiring foreign professionals.