The recent images of tens of thousands of desperate asylum seekers streaming into Europe recall a smaller but significant migration crisis unfolding along the southern border of the United States: Waves of Central American migrants — many of them children — were detained at the border last year. A disturbing […]
How Are H-1B Holders Affected by the U.S. Green Card Application Flip Flop?
6 Oct
by Foster, on News
The U.S. has staged a rapid retreat from plans to speed up the green-card application process in a way that would have helped Indian H-1B visa holders, but that doesn’t mean President Barack Obama’s attempt to modernize the U.S. immigration system has been derailed, immigration experts say. The State Department […]
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Border Patrol’s parent agency on Monday issued nationwide custody standards, a little more than a year after its jails were overwhelmed with Central American children fleeing to the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has come under criticism for its custody conditions from advocacy […]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration deported fewer immigrants over the past 12 months than at any time since 2006, according to government figures obtained by The Associated Press. Deportations of criminal immigrants have fallen to the lowest levels since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, despite his pledge to […]