Yesterday, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is making an update to a form which will help streamline the immigration process. The N-648 form, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions, has long been criticized for being outdated with unpractical and redundant questions. The updated N-648 form has been shortened and now has the […]
On October 12, the path to citizenship for Venezuelan immigrants changed significantly: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new immigration procedure due to the surge in migration from Venezuela. In its effort to build a “fair, orderly, and secure immigration system,” the Biden-Harris administration has mandated that any Venezuelan who seeks to enter […]
On September 8, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule on how DHS will enforce the public charge ground of inadmissibility. This rule clarifies what it means to be a “public charge”, and furthermore no longer punishes immigrants who choose to access government services. This move by the Biden Administration rolls […]
In recent weeks, the national news spotlight has been on immigration. Several Republican governors continue to send incoming migrants in buses to left-leaning cities, often without the understanding or consent of those involved. Without legal status, many of these migrants will be seeking defensive asylum to avoid being deported back to danger in their home […]
In August, the Roosevelt Institute published a new proposal which reimagines the U.S. immigration system as the most welcoming in the world to immigrants and refugees. Published as The Statue of Liberty Plan, tenets of the proposal include migration for economic and cultural renewal, sustaining the declining U.S. population, and combating authoritarianism. The plan proposes […]
On September 17, the US celebrates Citizenship and Constitution Day, which commemorates the signing of the US Constitution in 1787. In 1952, President Truman signed a law which celebrated Citizenship Day on the same day and in 1955 President Eisenhower created Constitution Week. Every year USCIS celebrates by holding special naturalization ceremonies and celebrations to […]
In an effort to expand premium processing to other types of petitions, USCIS now allows petitioners who have a Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications to upgrade to premium processing. If petitioners wish to utilize premium processing, they must file Form I907 Request for Premium Processing Service. Premium […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice explaining how beneficiaries under Venezuela’s current TPS designation can re-register for TPS and renew their Employment Authorization Documents (EAD). Only beneficiaries of the initial TPS designation for Venezuela who were residing in the US since March 2021 are eligible to re-register and renew their EADs as […]
The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law won a nationwide preliminary injunction in a class action lawsuit to expand the rights of detained unaccompanied minors in detention by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The complaint filed alleged that: 1) ORR regularly moves children from state-licensed shelters to highly restrictive juvenile halls and psychiatric […]
The Chief Immigration Judge has stated that in an effort to expedite the court docket and work through the 1.7 million backlog, immigration courts should work to have certain cases taken off the court calendar. This will allow cases that have been stuck in the backlog to get a court date and be heard. The […]
