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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...
Read More ›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...
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USCIS Not Considering Change in H-1B Visa Rules
President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” initiative aims to prevent the extension of H-1B visas, largely used by Indian IT professionals. The move could directly stop hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from...
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