U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will resume processing some deferred-action requests for migrants after backlash over its decision last month to not defer deportations for migrants and their family members who receive life-saving medical treatment. The change means USCIS will revert to processes in place up until early August that allow for non-military deferred removal requests to […]
AILA – DHS Request for Comments on Changes to Immigration and Travel Forms to Collect Social Media Information In an effort to heighten our national security, the Trump Administration issued on September 4, 2019 an Executive Order (E.O) granting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statutory and regulatory authorities to collect new biographic information on […]
Le 2 Aout de ce mois, L’administration Trump a proposé une nouvelle réforme en matière d’immigration et qui entrera en vigueur, sauf opposition le 15 Octobre. Cette proposition augmenterait radicalement la capacité du gouvernement à considérer les immigrés légaux qui ne sont pas encore citoyens comme des charges publiques (des personnes considérées comme financièrement dépendantes du […]
People wonder if getting government benefits will hurt their chances of getting a green card or becoming a United States citizen. “Public charge” is a term used by immigration officials to refer to persons who are considered primarily dependent on the government for subsistence and is an attempt to limit government spending for poorer, non-US […]
ICE is planning a series of targeted raids in multiple locations including: DC, New York, Miami, and Newark. The raids were set to begin Sunday, June 23rd and last through Thursday, June 27th. The targets are those with final removal orders, primarily those with absentia orders. Those in the Family Case Management System and those […]
On May 31, USCIS issued a memo titled “Updated Procedures for Asylum Applications Filed by Unaccompanied Alien Children”. This memo establishes new instructions for asylum officers making UAC determinations for individuals in removal proceedings who were deemed to be UACs at one time but later turned 18 prior to filing their asylum applications. In making […]
The Supreme Court’s decision in Pereira v. Sessions has been a contentious topic for immigration attorneys and courts since the ruling came down last year. The Court ruled that a Notice to Appear (NTA), the document that must be served by DHS on a noncitizen in order to commence removal proceedings, is not an NTA […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has continuously sparked debate under the Trump Administration for its infamous treatment of immigrants in its custody and under its care, judged inhumane and cruel by many. Still living up to their reputation, it was recently revealed that ICE officers have been subjecting detained transgender immigrants to solitary confinement on a regular […]
On Friday May 10, 2019 over 80 democratic lawmakers wrote to the Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, calling for an investigation into the Trump’s administration’s staggering backlog at USCUS which has now reached 2.3 million cases. The last time such an extreme slowdown occurred was after the 911 terrorist attacks under the Bush administration. The democrats […]
On May 17, 2019, the U.S. State Department announced that the family 2A category (spouses and unmarried children of lawful permanent residents) will become current for the first time in many years. The State Department’s Charlie Oppenheim who is responsible for the monthly Visa Bulletin announced this momentous development at the Immigration Conference of the […]
