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USCIS to Offer Deferred Action for Special Immigrant Juveniles
USCIS Announces Policies to Better Protect Immigrant Children Who Have Been Abused, Neglected, or Abandoned
Obtaining Your Green Card Faster via the Cross-Chargeability Rule
If you’ve been following the monthly Visa Bulletin released by USCIS, you may have noticed that it has been less than optimal for many applicants. Those from India, China, Mexico, and the Philippines have had it particularly hard. The Visa Bulletin categorizes the cutoff dates for green card applicants who are current and can have...
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Immigration Help Available to Those Affected by Special Situations, Including the Invasion of Ukraine
New Border Surveillance Technology Raises Privacy Concerns and Could Increase Deaths
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that it has been developing and testing robot dogs for use by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) at the U.S.-Mexico border. The robots are just one of several types of new surveillance technology CBP has implemented or tested. This technology raises privacy concerns for citizens and […]
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Secretary Mayorkas Designates Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months
Let’s Give a Hand to AILA Members Doing Amazing Pro Bono Work!
USCIS Expands Credit Card Payment Pilot Program to All Service Centers
This USCIS Policy Change Will Reunite Vulnerable LGBTQ Refugee and Asylum Couples
In February, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reversed Trump administration guidance that limited recognition of marriages performed abroad only to those considered “valid” in the country where they took place. This narrow interpretation of the “place-of-celebration” rule left many refugees and asylees without a way to reunite with their partners because they lacked formal […]
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Generations Later, Another Evacuation Effort Stalls
Secretary Mayorkas Designates Sudan and Extends and Redesignates South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status
Biden Should Use the State of the Union for a Reset on Immigration
On Tuesday night, President Biden will give his first State of the Union address to a packed House chamber. Other than, perhaps, an early nod to resettling Ukrainian refugees, those of us in the immigration reform movement don’t expect to hear much about our priorities until the big speech’s second half. While immigration won’t be […]
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H-2B Cap Reached for Second Half of FY 2022
Immigrant Women are Entrepreneurs
USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B Cap
Settlement Thwarts ICE’s Ability to Conduct Warrantless Sweeps
A federal court in Illinois recently approved a settlement agreement governing unlawful, warrantless arrests and vehicle stops. The settlement requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to adopt new policies related to warrantless arrests, re-train its officers, and release people from detention if ICE violates the settlement. The case, Castanon Nava v. ICE, was filed […]
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USCIS Launches H-2A Employer Data Hub
“Wait, But Isn’t Pot Legal?” – Immigration Law and Cannabis Present Traps for the Unwary
The New Public Charge Standard Will No Longer Penalize Medicaid and SNAP Recipients
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to clarify the meaning of the “public charge ground of inadmissibility” on February 24. The new guidance will be welcome news for immigrants as well as state governments and immigrant-serving organizations across the country that have worked to combat fear and misinformation around […]
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