WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering a hiring surge that would more than double the agency’s size in the coming six years to nearly 46,000 employees, surpassing previously published estimates, according to a government contracting-related document released this week. In a “Request for Information” Wednesday seeking input from […]
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President Donald Trump has made good on many campaign promises for a crackdown on immigration and the acceptance of refugees in the U.S. Some of the biggest decisions: Trump is phasing out an Obama-era program that gives renewable permits to young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. It’s known […]
Post Office Fails to Deliver on Time, and DACA Applications Get Rejected
13 Nov
by Foster LLP, on News
By Liz Robbins The paperwork was mailed from New York in plenty of time. On Sept. 14, Allison Baker, a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society, sent a client’s application to renew a permit that would let him stay and work in the United States legally as part of the […]
TPS Terminated for Nicaragua; TPS Holders Should Review Alternate Immigration Options
8 Nov
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
On November 6, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation would be terminated for Nicaragua, effective January 5, 2019. Since January 5, 1999, the TPS designation allowed certain Nicaraguans with continuous residence in the United States since December 30, 1998, to remain, live […]