By Adrian Raftery, The Conversation The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in May 2021 that the nation’s total fertility rate had reached 1.64 children per woman in 2020, drop...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 142
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 142 (Highlights) The Dip in the US Birthrate Isn’t a Crisis, but the Fall in Immigration May Be The Necessary Independence of Democrats and Republicans QBP Richar...
USCIS Will Allow Resubmission of Certain FY 2021 H-1B Petitions Rejected or Closed Due to Start Date
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today it will accept resubmitted fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were rejected or administratively closed solely because the r...
Chairman Menendez Leads Senate Resolution in Observance of World Refugee Day
Menendez, Booker, Sires, Payne demand end Trump shutdown during press encounter at Newark International Liberty airport terminal B. – Newark, NJ – January 8, 2019 (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 141
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 141 (Highlights) Arleigh Louison is Dead. The Devastation of His Fraud Lives On. Getting Your Marijuana Record Expunged Are You In An Abusive Relationship? You Can ...
USCIS Issues Policy Providing Further Protections for Victims of Crime
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to implement a new process, referred to as Bona Fide Determination, which will give victims of crime in the U...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 140
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 140 (Highlights) Arleigh Louison is Dead. The Devastation of His Fraud Lives On. Getting Your Marijuana Record Expunged Are You In An Abusive Relationship? You Can ...
USCIS Updates Policies to Improve Immigration Services
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued new policy updates in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the criteria and circumstances for expedited processing; improve request fo...
Many immigrant kids deal with layers of trauma. This teacher’s answer: ‘I love you, and I trust you.’
By Logan Carroll, Sahan Journal Paola’s first parent-teacher conference at Harding High School in St. Paul was a nerve-wracking moment for the freshman. She had recently come to the United States, l...
Farmworker Organizing in Washington is Undoing Discriminatory Labor Policies
By Carl Segerstorm, High Country News Last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic kept most people home and emptied supermarket shelves, U.S. farmworkers stayed on the job. Unable to work from home, they su...