Editorial credit: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Thursday, March 21 announced that we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how we consider expedite requests related to government interests and requests related to emergencies or urgent humanitarian situations, including travel-related requests. This update also clarifies how to make an expedite request and […]
Once upon a time, a man named Javier lived in the bustling city of New York. He arrived in the United States two decades ago, full of dreams and hopes for a better future. However, his journey was fraught with challenges as he navigated life as an undocumented immigrant. For twenty long years, Javier toiled […]
A Special Immigration News Report By Janet Howard Listen to the Special Immigration News Report here: This year, only about 3% of the people who have submitted green card applications will receive permanent status. Close to 35 million applications are pending, up from 10 million in 1996. The first backlogs started a century ago, when […]
By American Immigration Council Staff | Immigration Impact On March 8, a federal district court in Texas dismissed a challenge to a parole program set up by the Biden administration to allow 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to enter the United States legally each month, known as the CHNV parole program, allowing the program […]
By Kel Smith-Holbourn | Immigration Impact Six years ago, a man came to the U.S./Mexico border with his five-year-old daughter, looking for safety in the United States. At home, a rival political faction had been making death threats against him and his family. That compelled him to take his daughter to the United States to […]
By Rong Xiaoqing | Documented I. The Encounter When she is not serving customers at her store, Yibing Wang ruminates about how she came to cross paths with the FBI. The first time she met with two FBI agents and their interpreter, they came to her shop in South Brooklyn, where she sells Chinese snacks, dried […]
By Kate Melloy Goettel and Juan Avilez | Immigration Impact A Texas law that allows local law enforcement to arrest migrants, state court judges to issue removal orders, and state officials to remove migrants to Mexico, is on its way to the Supreme Court. Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was signed into law in […]
By America’s Voice While the salience of immigration has increased, and Americans are concerned about maintaining an orderly border, the majority of the public is open to a “both/and” approach. They support a broader set of immigration solutions that pair border security and an orderly asylum process with continued support for legal immigration, citizenship for […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Maribel Hastings | Latino Los Angeles While rumors circulate that President Joe Biden plans to issue executive orders to deal with the border, in the context of the failure of tough border measures in the aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, it’s good to reiterate to the White […]
Editorial credit: David Peinado Romero / Shutterstock.com By Dara Lind | March 1, 2024 | Immigration Impact For decades, the Catholic nonprofit Annunciation House has worked to support migrants in El Paso, Texas. It’s provided shelter, food and services to countless people who have just arrived in the United States—many of whom have been released […]