By NYCBar The New York City Bar Association has released a report on recent immigration policy changes “to highlight its concerns about their impact on the independence of the immigration court sy...
USCIS Mistakenly Rejects Immigration Applications Due To Filing Fees
By CNW Legal Analyst, Attorney Caroly Pedersen, Caribbean National Weekly As a result of the confusion regarding the USCIS Filing Fees increase, some residency applications filed recently were rejecte...
DHS: Border travel restrictions to stay in place through Nov. 21
By Julian Resendiz, WRIC EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The U.S. will extend non-essential border travel restrictions through Nov. 21, Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf ...
Green Card Slavery & Hope for the Future
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Intimate partner violence is especially horrible for immigrants who depend on their spouses for immigration benefits. We call it Green Card Slavery. Thank...
Federal Judge Rules Against USCIS Fee Increases, Freezing Them In Their Tracks
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White agrees with GAO that DHS acting secretary was appointed illegally, therefore ruling his proposals invalid. LOS ANGELES — The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rig...
Diversity Visa Ban Struck Down by Judge
By Katy Murdza, Immigration Impact A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume issuing diversity visas on September 5. Each year, the State Department uses a lottery system to selec...
USCIS Wants To Increase the Amount of Biometric Data It Collects by Over 60%
By Jorge Loweree, Immigration Impact The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to dramatically expand the personal information that it collects in support of immigration petitions an...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Noncitizens and Across the U.S. Immigration System
Editorial photo of a lone vehicle and otherwise empty lanes of traffic approaching the crossing of the US/Canadian border into the US, during Covid-19 border shutdown – Blaine, WA/USA-March 20, ...
ICE whistleblower: Nurse alleges ‘hysterectomies on immigrant women in US’
Advocacy groups have filed a complaint against a migrant detention centre in the US, alleging medical neglect and a lack of virus safety measures. The complaint condemns the practices and conditions a...
The Biden Plan for Securing Our Values as a Nation of Immigrants – Joe Biden for President
Democratic presidential candidate VP. Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Trump administration’s recent actions in Iraq at Chelsea Piers on January 07, 2020, in New York City. – NEW YORK, NY...