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Why Immigration Courts Are Deeply Flawed
In a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver took on a serious topic: the United States’ dysfunctional immigration court system. The segment included several former and current immigration judges who described the...
Read More ›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...
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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...
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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...
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USCIS Strengthens Screening for Refugees’ Family Members
At the beginning of February, USCIS and the Department of State implemented new protocols to ensure that all individuals admitted as refugees undergo the same, comprehensive vetting--whether they are principal refugees, accompanying family...
Read More ›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...
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