Editorial credit: Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice | February 21, 2024 Vanessa Cárdenas on a new WaPo mass-deportation article and Niskanen Center analysis of Heritage Projec...
The Cost of US Citizenship is about to Rise
By Lauren Villagran | USA Today The cost of applying for U.S. citizenship is about to rise. More than 9 million legal permanent residents in the United States are eligible to apply for U.S. citizensh...
Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade
Editorial credit: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is releasing end of fiscal year (FY) 2023 data that illustrate the agency’s prog...
Experts Wrap Busy Immigration Week with Lessons for Political and Policy Debate Moving Forward
By America’s Voice | February 9, 2024 Washington, DC —On a press call held today, leaders from immigration and Latino-focused organizations joined with the Congressional Integrity Project to ...
Senate Deal Would Significantly Transform Border Policy
By Adriel Orozco | Immigration Impact The “Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024” was released on February 4. For months, a bipartisan group of senators negotiated th...
A Shortage of Immigration Lawyers Is Another Barrier to Integration for Immigrants
By Adriel Orozco | January 31, 2024 | Immigration Impact Immigrants are now far more likely to face the complexities of the immigration court system alone, without an attorney. As of December 2023, on...
200 Immigration-Related Bills Have Already Been Introduced in State Legislatures in 2024
By Juan Avilez | January 26, 2024 | Immigration Impact Amid inaction from the federal government on immigration policy and growing calls for action from localities, some state legislatures are taking ...
Biden Administration Can Remove Texas’ Razor Wire Barrier at the Border, Supreme Court Rules
Editorial credit: Vic Hinterlang / Shutterstock.com By Suchita Mathur | January 23, 2024 Buoy barriers with chainsaw devices in the Rio Grande river. Coils of concertina wire along the riverbank. Armo...
Gov. Abbott Courts Border Militia Vigilantism Rooted in White Supremacy and Violence
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice | January 19, 2024 As Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s dangerous dehumanization of migrants hits dangerous new lows, CNN reports...
ICE Will Be Required to Wear Body Cameras in a Win for Transparency—But the Implementation Will Be Key
By Kel Smith-Holbourn | January 19, 2024 | Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a policy on January 12 calling for ICE personnel to wear body cameras in most s...