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USCIS Increases Automatic Extension of Certain Employment Authorization Documents to Improve Access to Work Permits
Notice of FY 2025 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Selection Process Completion and Cap Season Reminders
USCIS Provides Third Gender Option on Form N-400
USCIS Revises Policy Manual to Align with New Fee Rule
STEM-Related Petitions Increase Following USCIS’ Updated Policy Guidance
A recent analysis by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) found that the number of petitions by, or on behalf of, foreign-born workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) increased following a pair of guidance clarifications the agency made in January 2022. One outlines how foreign-born STEM professionals can qualify for […]
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How Temporary Protected Status has expanded under the Biden administration
Since January 2021, the Biden administration has greatly expanded the number of immigrants who are eligible for Temporary Protected Status.
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USCIS Announces Filing Location Change for Certain Employment-Based I-485 and Related Forms
New Citizens Will Be Able to Seamlessly Request Social Security Updates
Border Patrol and Ohio Law Enforcement Engage in Racial Profiling in Northern Ohio, New Report Finds
By Gwen Short, Staff Attorney at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality and Raul Pinto, Deputy Director of Transparency at the American Immigration Council ABLE and the American Immigration Council published a report on March 19 analyzing data suggesting that the collusion between U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Sandusky Bay station and Ohio law enforcement […]
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Key facts about Asian Americans living in poverty
Burmese (19%) and Hmong Americans (17%) were among the Asian origin groups with the highest poverty rates in 2022.
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H-1B Form I-129 Filing Location Change and FY 2025 H-1B Cap Season Updates and Reminders
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Judicial Review of Mixed Questions, Even Those That Are Fact Intensive
The Supreme Court issued an important victory for noncitizens seeking cancellation of removal and the principle of judicial review of agency action on March 19. And despite the current court’s tenuous regard for stare decisis – the idea that “today’s Court should stand by yesterday’s decisions” – in Wilkinson v. Garland, the Supreme Court reaffirmed […]
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USCIS Reopens Field Office in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Secretary Mayorkas Announces Extension and Redesignation of Burma (Myanmar) for Temporary Protected Status
USCIS Extends Initial Registration Period for FY 2025 H-1B Cap
USCIS Updates Policy Guidance Clarifying Expedite Requests
How Hispanic Americans Get Their News
U.S.-born Latinos mostly get their news in English and prefer it in English, while immigrant Latinos have much more varied habits.
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District Court in Texas Allows CHNV Parole Program to Continue
On March 8, a federal district court in Texas dismissed a challenge to a parole program set up by the Biden administration to allow 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to enter the United States legally each month, known as the CHNV parole program, allowing the program to stay in place. Judge Drew Tipton of […]
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Differences in State Sunshine Laws Can Threaten Transparency Around Immigration Detention and Enforcement
The main way in which the public can access information about what the federal government is doing is through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). However, laws that allow the public to get state public records, also known as sunshine laws or public records laws, are different from state by state. State and local government […]
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