DACA supporter holds a sign at a rally in Washington DC on September 5, 2017, the day on which President Trump announced that he would end the DACA program (Shutterstock) By Kaitlyn Francis of Capital...
Asylum Is In Danger After Court Upholds Rushed Screening Process at the Border
A Customs and Border Protection agent along the U.S.-Mexico border. 0398 – Yuma Sector, Ariz. / US – July 26, 2016 (Shutterstock) By American Immigration Council Staff, Immigration Impact ...
Biden can end the Mass Incarceration of Immigrants
By Mahuri Grewal, Washington Post The administration of President-elect Joe Biden must do more than reverse the cruel immigration policies of the Trump administration. While the Trump administration...
TPS Extended Another 9 Months for Certain Countries, While Calls for Expanding Protection Increase
Members of Haitian women for Haitian refugees organization rally for restoration of TPS and permanent status for refugees from Haiti on Ocean Avenue. – New York, NY – November 8, 2020 (Shu...
Immigrant Advocates Emerge Victorious in Fight to Maintain Privacy in Vaccine Program
New York, NY-Today, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Health and Human Services (HHS) agency announced that the Federal COVID-19 vaccine program would no longer mandate participating states...
“Untouchable’” Louison is Dead
Arleigh Louison, who submitted over 1,800 fraudulent immigration applications and was indicted on 12 counts of making false statements in immigration documents is dead. Louison leaves in his death a p...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 130
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 130 (Highlights) The Stolen Childhood of Teenage Factory Workers Economic Recovery from COVID-19 Depends on a Pathway to Citizenship for 11 Million Undocumented Imm...
USCIS Updates Guidance for Schedule A Occupations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced updated guidance for adjudicating EB-2 and EB-3 Schedule A petitions for registered nurses, physical therapists, and aliens of exceptional abi...
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration H-1B Rules
WASHINGTON, DC — Judge Jeffrey S. White of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order blocking two H-1B regulations proposed by the Trump Administration...
What You Need to Know About the ITIN
What is the ITIN number? The ITIN is a Tax Identification number in the United States. It is controlled by the IRS (the agency to which US taxes are paid) and is used by foreigners who are not eligibl...