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 […]
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August 2019 Visa Bulletin – Significant Worldwide Retrogression – File Adjustment of Status Applications Before August if Eligible
15 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
Click here to view 2019 August Visa Bulletin. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for August 2019, showing significant worldwide retrogression for EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, and Other Workers preference categories which were Current or were not already significantly backlogged. Beneficiaries of employment-based immigrant petitions who are eligible […]
President Trump’s Proposed Asylum Changes Raise Concerns
12 Jul
by Kymberly Baranzyk, 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, […]