On Tuesday, a Mexican man detained by ICE died while in custody, bringing the total deaths to 8 this fiscal year. ICE officials confirmed the news on Thursday. When ICE staff noticed he was acting confused on September 7, he was brought to the hospital, where the 37-year-old was diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage and died on […]
On Wednesday, California lawmakers passed a bill banning all private detention facilities. The bill still needs to be signed by the governor, but is expected to become law. The legislation forbids the California government from “entering into or renewing a contract with a private, for-profit prison to incarcerate state inmates” with an exception if prison populations […]
The Trump administration recently announced a new policy change aimed at restricting legal immigration. The administration stated that it would put policies in place that would deny green cards to immigrants who received various forms of public assistance, such as nutrition assistance (food stamps), Medicaid, and housing assistance. The change in policy could impact thousands […]
The net increase in the amount of immigrants in the U.S. for 2018 was 200,000, the lowest growth since 2008. The number also represents a 70% drop compared to 2017. An expert called the change “remarkable” and cited Trump administration policies as the cause, since a sharp drop in the immigration is rare when the economy […]
14 human rights groups demanded that ICE released all LBGTQ and HIV-positive detainees, since the government has shown that it will not provide enough medical and mental health care. The groups also insisted that ICE cancel contracts with privately-run detention centers that also treat LGBTQ and HIV-positive detainees inadequately. The letter also calls for ICE to have […]
The Senate voted 54-41 for a resolution to reject the national emergency and therefore stop the emergency funding for the border wall. The funding was to be reallocated from the military, and 127 military projects would be affected. The Democrats all voted to end the national emergency and were joined by 11 Republicans. However, the Senate […]
The government has failed to comply with a 2013 law requiring it to decide on visas for the Special Immigrant Visa program (SIV) within nine months. Many Afghan and Iraqi applicants, who risked their lives assisting U.S. troops, have been waiting years on visa decisions. A judge ruled in federal court that the U.S. broke the […]
Last week, El Salvador signed a “cooperative asylum agreement” with the U.S. As of Monday, details have been released showing the countries agreed to send asylum seekers who passed through El Salvador before the U.S. back to El Salvador. El Salvador would then make its own asylum determination. In exchange, the United States will assist […]
The U.S. signed a deal with Honduras on Wednesday to curb the amount of asylum seekers to the U.S. The deal is very similar to the deals with Guatemala and El Salvador. Those agreements seek to send asylum seekers back to those countries if they passed through them without seeking asylum and made their way to […]
Normally, CW-1 petitions must be filed before the worker’s current period of validity expires. For a short time, USCIS will accept petitions filed for the 2020 fiscal year even if the previous petition validity has expired. The requirements are that 1) the petition is correctly filed with an approved Temporary Labor Certification (TLC) with a start date […]
