posted on: January 15, 2020
A federal appeals court has kept the block on Trump’s public charge rule in place. On Wednesday, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals denied the government’s motion to lift a nationwide injunction on the new public charge rule. The court’s main point was that since the case will be heard by a judge soon, it is unnecessary to […]
posted on: January 14, 2020
DHS will share citizenship information with the census. After the Supreme Court rejected adding the citizenship question to the census, President Trump issued an executive order instructing DHS to share its information with the census. The shared citizenship information includes personally identifiable information, according to a DHS document posted on December 27. However, it is not clear whether […]
posted on: January 13, 2020
By Emma Winger, originally published on Immigration Impact In yet another move to gut asylum protections in the United States, the Trump administration proposed a rule last month that would add severe new restrictions on asylum access. The restrictions would apply to people convicted of—and in some cases, merely accused of—a wide range of criminal offenses. If […]
posted on: January 7, 2020
The backlog for a green card is so severe that a person who applies for an employment-based green card could wait decades, not years to get one. It is estimated that approximately 800,000 immigrants who work legally in the United States are impacted by this backlog. Unfortunately, the green card issue is overshadowed by other […]
posted on: January 3, 2020
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf announced on Tuesday that DHS will be conducting a study on how state laws allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses affects immigration enforcement. He wrote in his memo that DHS will need to be “prepared to deal with and counter these impacts as we protect the homeland.” In New York, approximately […]
posted on: January 2, 2020
Monday was the last day to comment on a proposed rule to increase fees for immigration records requests by 500%. Currently, the fee is $65 to request a search and $65 for the records. The rule would bring the fees to $240 to request a search and $385 for the records. People often request immigration records of […]
