Blog Posts in March, 2018

DACA Deadline Just Passed: What's Next?

Six months ago, when he announced he was ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, President Donald Trump chose March 5 as the deadline for Congress to figure out a solution to avoid deporting DACA recipients, who are also known as Dreamers. However, the program—which protects roughly 700,000 young, undocumented immigrants—remains in place for the time being after ...

USCIS No Longer Says America is a 'Nation of Immigrants'

Late last month, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) changed its mission statement to remove a passage that describes the U.S. as a “nation of immigrants.” The following is the new mission statement as it appears on the agency’s website: “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services administers the nation’s lawful immigration system, safeguarding its integrity and promise ...