Trump Administration Increases Worksite Investigations to Combat Illegal Immigration

On Monday, the Trump administration announced that has drastically increased the number of worksite investigations and audits to ensure that U.S. businesses do not employ individuals who are in the country unlawfully. According to immigration officials, they have launched over 3,500 worksite investigations, which is already double the amount of cases in comparison to the prior fiscal year. ...

U.S. Must Keep DACA and Accept New Application, According to Federal Judge

Last month, a D.C. federal judge ruled that the federal government must continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and reopen it to new applicants. This decision has been the most resounding rejection yet of the Trump administration’s efforts to end deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants. Judge John D. Bates of Federal District Court for the District of ...

USCIS Reaches H-1B Cap for FY 2019

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally-mandated H-1B visa cap of 65,000 for the fiscal year 2019. In addition, the agency has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to fulfill the 20,000-visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, which is known as the “master’s cap.” Keep in mind, petitions filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted ...

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 ...

DACA Deadline Approaching

When President Donald Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, he created a March 5th deadline to signal the end of protections, in an attempt to give Congress enough time to propose a solution. With the deadline less than a month away, there is still no such agreement in sight. There currently is no date when protections will actually expire for the nearly 700,000 ...

No Deal Has Been Reached on DACA...Yet

The White House on Thursday said that no deal has been reached to protect DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients. There are currently nearly 800,000 young people who are currently under the DACA program, which is an American immigration policy that allowed those who entered the country as minors, and had either entered or remained in the country illegally, to receive a renewable ...

DACA is Ending, But Congress Can Save It

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA, is an Obama-administration program which offered protection to nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. Unfortunately, this program is at risk of coming to an end, and it is up to Congress to put a stop to it. They have until April 2018 to decide the program’s future, as well as that of its ...

Immigration Under President Trump So Far

Building a wall was at the forefront of Donald Trump’s campaign and has been a major topic of discussion since the inauguration. But what has actually been done and what impact has President Trump had on immigration? Decline of Illegal Immigration According to The Washington Times , illegal immigration to this country from the southwest border is down more than 60 percent since President Trump ...

Will Local Law Enforcement Comply with Trump's Immigration Policies?

One of President Donald Trump’s key promises of his campaign is the removal of up to three million undocumented immigrants from the United States, mainly those who have criminal records. However, Trump appears to face not only public opposition to his immigration plans, but possibly obstruction by local and state law enforcement, who would have to implement any new policies. In many cases, federal ...

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Against Trump, Travel Ban Remains Suspended

A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel, consisting of three judges, unanimously upheld a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from enforcing the president’s immigration and refugee order targeting Muslim-majority countries. “We hold that the Government has not shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its appeal, nor has it shown that failure to enter a stay would cause ...