USCIS Updates Guidance on Administrative Naturalization Ceremony Venues

USCIS Updates Guidance on Administrative Naturalization Ceremony Venues

Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued policy guidance updates in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the types of venues USCIS may use for administrative naturalization ceremonies. This clarifying guidance is part of USCIS efforts to educate the public and those seeking to donate venue spaces, and to provide more transparency on how to partner with […]

A Florida Court Blocks ‘Parole + ATD’ Program in Latest Fight Between State and Federal Immigration Authority

A Florida Court Blocks ‘Parole + ATD’ Program in Latest Fight Between State and Federal Immigration Authority

On March 8, a Florida court blocked the Biden administration from using a key border program referred to as Parole plus Alternative to Detention (Parole + ATD). The court’s decision vacated the policy as unlawful. While the written order includes commentary on a wide range of border-related issues, including parole itself, the decision only directly affects the […]

Visa Options for Nurses to Immigrate to the US

Visa Options for Nurses to Immigrate to the US

By JR Holguin Across the country and in New York, hospitals and nursing homes face a nursing shortage, and while there are many efforts to address the deficit, one that could mitigate the situation might be overlooked, migrant nurses. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing details some of the factors that are causing the […]

Biden Keeps Title 42 and Sets New Migrant Caps

Biden Keeps Title 42 and Sets New Migrant Caps

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on preserving and protecting Democracy at Union Station on November 2, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Shutterstock) By JR Holguin On Thursday, January 5, President Biden unveiled a new strategy that includes extending Title 42 expulsions of people who enter the U.S. through the southern border while granting humanitarian parole […]

The High Cost of a Drug Conviction: How It Can Affect Your Immigration Status

The High Cost of a Drug Conviction: How It Can Affect Your Immigration Status

By Linda Nwoke Drug convictions can have life-altering consequences for any individual, but the results can be even more severe for immigrants. Many immigrants are unaware that a drug conviction can affect their immigration status. Federal immigration laws detail severe immigration penalties on most controlled substance offenses, including minor ones. In California, a conviction based […]

Holy High Rollers: Prosecutors Take Down Phony Pastors who Targeted Immigrants in $28 Million Ponzi Scheme

Holy High Rollers: Prosecutors Take Down Phony Pastors who Targeted Immigrants in $28 Million Ponzi Scheme

By Lukas I. Alpert, MarketWatch “I’m everything you imagine me to be, as long as it’s good and it’s Godly.” That’s how Dennis Jali, a South African self-proclaimed finance guru sold his Christian-themed program of financial success to crowds of mainly African immigrants at churches and banquet halls in and around Baltimore and Washington, D.C. […]

A Preview of the 2023 Supreme Court and Immigration

A Preview of the 2023 Supreme Court and Immigration

By David Leopold, America’s Voice Washington, DC: The following is an assessment previewing the Supreme Court and 2023: Today, [January 9] the United States Supreme Court will hold its first arguments of 2023. Over their break, the Court again showed it is a willing accomplice to Republican politicians when it stayed the implementation of Title […]

Biden Administration Must Take Executive Action on Immigration

Biden Administration Must Take Executive Action on Immigration

Dallas, TX USA – April 9, 2017: American Flags Waved During Immigration Reform March. (Shutterstock) (Washington)—The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is calling on President Biden to use executive action to enact bold policy solutions on immigration. Specifically, the ILRC is demanding action to ensure immigration benefits are more equitable and accessible, and that the […]