On July 16, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing asking U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) to explain the increase in immigration case processing times and denials. Since USCIS fiscal year (FY) 2017 there has been a 67% increase in case processing times, resulting in 2.3 million […]
President Trump’s Proposed Asylum Changes Raise Concerns
12 Jul
by Foster LLP, on Blog, Immigration, News
Federal law has for decades legally allowed individuals from other countries to apply for asylum if they have a well-founded fear of persecution or torture based on a protected ground of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. Winning asylum is already very difficult, with […]
Thousands Are Targeted as ICE Prepares to Raid Undocumented Migrant Families
12 Jul
by Third Party Provider, on News
Nationwide raids to arrest thousands of members of undocumented families have been scheduled to begin Sunday, according to two current and one former homeland security officials, moving forward with a rapidly changing operation, the final details of which remain in flux. The operation, backed by President Trump, had been postponed, […]
Viewing U.S. border cells derided as ‘cages,’ Central American officials pledge more immigration cooperation
21 Jun
by Third Party Provider, on News
MCALLEN, Tex. — The chain-link fence holding pens of the Border Patrol’s largest processing center was stuffed with more than 2,000 people when the first ladies of the Northern Triangle arrived here Thursday for a visit. The converted former warehouse that migrants and some U.S. agents deride as the “dog […]