Kimberly Pineda-Chavez has turned 19 while awaiting her fate in a federal immigration detention center in South Georgia. Fellow detainees helped the Collins Hill High School student celebrate last month by singing “Happy Birthday” in Spanish. Outside the sprawling complex in Ocilla, the Buford woman’s deportation case is attracting national […]
By Lomi Kriel The backlog in Houston’s overwhelmed downtown immigration court grew more than 460 percent between 2010 and 2016, swelling from about 6,400 to 36,100 pending cases, according to a new analysis released Tuesday. With only six immigration judges on the bench, Houston’s court could see its case load […]
USCIS Director Senate Committee Testimony on “The Security of U.S. Visa Programs”
16 Mar
by Foster, on News
342 Dirksen Senate Office Building Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Carper, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify at today’s hearing. While my colleagues from the Department of State (DOS) and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will discuss security […]
By Deepti Hajela NEW YORK — There were moments in nursing school when Hina Naveed was tempted to quit, not because she couldn’t do the work, but because she wondered whether, as an undocumented immigrant, she’d be allowed to get a license once she graduated. “OK, I paid all this […]