The City Council, controlled by Democrats, passed the law last December 2021, and it went into effect in January after both Mayor Bill de Blasio and his successor, Eric Adams, declined to either sign ...
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...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 167
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 167 (Highlights) The Los Angeles Declaration Could Represent a Big Step for Real Migration Cooperation across the Americas DACA: Ten Years Later Celebrating Immigra...
The Pain and Suffering from Arleigh Louison’s Fraud Continues
By Mary Campbell In the Caribbean community, people face many legal issues. Concerns include getting legalized, divorce, estate planning after a loved one has passed or is dying or being hurt in an au...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 166
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 166 (Highlights) The Los Angeles Declaration Could Represent a Big Step for Real Migration Cooperation across the Americas DACA: Ten Years Later Celebrating Immigra...
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 ...
Commissioner Manuel Castro, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs: A Paradigm of the American Dream
By JR Holguin If any immigrant ever doubted that the American Dream is lost, they need only look at Commissioner Manuel Castro for reassurance that it continues to prevail. Securing the role of Commis...
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...