posted on: October 7, 2019
The House passed a bill on Thursday to establish timelines and improved health standards for health screenings at the border. The bill would also require the DHS to submit a report to Congress on recommendations to improve screenings and create an electronic health record system for those apprehended at the border. Both of these provisions would […]
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Last week, President Trump signed an asylum deal with El Salvador that would seek to send some asylum seekers there first instead of the U.S. On Tuesday, the State Department reduced its travel advisory for El Salvador from a 3 to a 2. Level 3 urges Americans to reconsider travel there, while level 2 only advises caution. […]
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The rule expanded the type of public assistance that would be considered in making a public charge determination. The original version of the final rule was published in August, and had many substantive errors and contradictions. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security issued a 25-page set of corrections to the new public charge rule. A USCIS […]
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El Salvador signed a migration deal last week to establish the country as a hub for asylum seekers, despite its struggles with poverty, corruption, and violence. Last Thursday, the Salvadoran president still urged the United States to continue the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Salvadorans in the U.S. President Bukele called on President Trump not to “break […]
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DHS officials said Wednesday that the DOJ is writing a regulation to allow immigration officials to collect DNA from people in detention centers. The goal is to then input that information into the FBI’s criminal database, which has been limited so far to mostly those arrested, charged, or convicted of a serious crime. DNA collection has […]
posted on: October 4, 2019
The DOL implemented its new Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system on October 1. Now, petitioners who file an H-2A application for a temporary labor certification in FLAG will receive their Temporary Labor Certification electronically only. This means that when filing Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, petitioners must include a printed copy of the […]
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Last Friday, 3 federal judges in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles ruled to block Trump policies to expand expedited removal, allow children to be detained indefinitely, and rely on a flawed database to issue detainers for people held by local law enforcement. U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee ruled against undoing the Flores Settlement. The Flores […]
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USCIS announced on Monday that due to office closure, the agency will offer military naturalization at just 4 bases overseas. Those bases are Camp Humphreys, South Korea; Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan; U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany; and Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. USCIS officers will travel to each base one week each quarter to provide […]
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On October 2, USCIS published an updated Form N-300, Application to File Declaration of Intention. The form is used by a lawful permanent resident to declare their intent to become a U.S. citizen. This form is not required for naturalization, but some states require it to conduct business in that state. The edition date is 8/2/19, […]
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USCIS published Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions, which must be used to pay fees by card for forms processed at any USCIS lockbox facility. The edition date is 9/10/19, and there is no additional fee to pay by card. – Weekly Immigration Briefly by Olivia Hester, Immigration Law Analyst at Docketwise
