New York, NY – September 10, 2021: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during 911 security briefing at One Police Plaza. (Shutterstock) By ABC News Congress “must pass” new...
This Independence Day, Local Communities Lead on Celebrating Immigrants
By Mo Kantner, Immigration Impact As communities across the United States came together this past weekend to commemorate and reflect upon our country’s independence, the holiday holds special signif...
USCIS Celebrates Independence Day 2022 and Continues its Commitment to Naturalization
WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will celebrate Independence Day this year by welcoming more than 6,600 new citizens in more than 140 naturalization ceremonies between J...
State Department Denies Substantial Percentage of Employer-Sponsored Immigrant Visas
By Leslie Dellon, Immigration Impact Surprising data recently revealed that consular officers denied applicants for employer-sponsored immigrant visas at a far higher rate than U.S. Citizenship and Im...
In Blow to Asylum, House Appropriations Committee Greenlights Title 42
Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico 03-20-2021 80 migrants, mostly Hondurans, live in the Good Samaritan shelter in Ciudad Juárez, they were expelled from the United States under title 42. (Shutterstock) By A...
DACA Ten Years Later
New York City – September 5, 2017: People protesting President Trump’s decision to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy in Lower Manhattan. (Shutterstock) By JR ...
Immigrant Advocates Recognize Key Investments in NYC FY23 Budget, But Demand More As Elected Leaders Fail Immigrant Students
New York City Council’s Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Harlem on January 17, 2022 in New York City. (Shutterstock) New York, NY: Late last night,[June...
The Biden Administration to Step Up Family Reunification for Cubans and Haitians
Mexico City, Mexico – September 23, 2021: Haitian migrant families wait in front of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance to request refuge in Mexico. (Shutterstock) By Nora Gámez Torre...
New Fortune 500 List Shows America’s Economic Success Relies on Immigrants
By Steven Hubbard, Immigration Impact America’s economic success is built on the world’s best and brightest coming to our shores bringing ingenuity, creativity, and determination. From Wall Street...
For Over a Decade, Legislative Paralysis has Forgotten “Dreamers” and Other Matters
By America’s Voice The 15th of June marks the tenth anniversary of the executive order that ex-President Barack Obama issued creating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which extende...