By Ann Saphir and Terry Wade Two top U.S. central bankers jumped into the debate over immigration this week with surprising candor, with one calling for engagement in what he said would be “a horribly difficult debate” so as to ensure better economic growth. Federal Reserve policymakers typically try to […]
Author: Foster
Lottery Will Cover Citizenship Application Fee for New York State Residents
14 Jul
by Foster, on News
By LIZ ROBBINS For New York immigrant families just scraping by, the $680 it costs to apply for United States citizenship may be too much of an obstacle. Enter a new kind of lottery, one with a potential lifetime payoff. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, plans to announce on […]
By Glenn Minnis (staff@latinpost.com) A growing group of “Dreamers” are expressing concern the information they supplied to the government in hopes of benefiting from the immigration executive actions once enacted by President Obama will now be used against them. Given the recent Supreme Court decision that effectively nullified the president’s […]
August 2016 Visa Bulletin Establishes Cutoff Dates For EB-1 China and India, EB-2 “All Other”
12 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State recently published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for August 2016, bringing about the predicted retrogression in visa availability under the Employment-based, First Preference (EB-1) category for persons born in India or China, and under the EB-2 category for all countries of birth. Little or no forward […]