In March 2024, Governor Jay Inslee of Washington signed a state bill allowing immigrants without green cards to apply for professional licenses in fields such as accounting, education, dental technology, and many others. Instead of using alien registration numbers or I-551 receipt numbers that are subsequently used to issue green cards, applicants in Washington can …Read More
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Finding a Reliable Immigration Lawyer in the U.S.: Tips & Resources
In June 2023, David J. Bier, the director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, published a position paper arguing that the chaotic situation at the border between the United States and Mexico is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to analyzing the health of the American immigration system. In the paper, …Read More
The Realities of Deportation: Life After Leaving the U.S.
In March 2024, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unveiled a new online dashboard with quarterly data on the numbers of migrant detentions, deportations, and removals conducted by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents. The dashboard features a category for reentry violations by foreigners caught in the U.S. after being deported or removed. In …Read More
The Immigration Court Process
In early 2024, an investigative report published by the Associated Press estimated that immigration courts across the United States are dealing with a backlog of three million cases. This unprecedented backlog, which is threatening to derail the American immigration system, is the result of a series of unworkable policies that have been pushing these special …Read More
U.S. Naturalization Process Gets Social Security Card Integration
Starting in April 2024, permanent residents of the United States who meet the requirements and criteria to become American citizens can simultaneously update their status with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and get a new or replacement card if needed. According to a news alert published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), this development …Read More
Understanding Immigration Bonds: Process, Types, & Trends
In February 2024, policy researchers from Syracuse University published an analysis of data obtained from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency concerning the use of bonds in situations that involve the detention of foreigners. The period covered by the analysis ran from the final months of the Obama administration through today. The …Read More
Evolution of Immigration Agencies: From the INS to USCIS
When President Joe Biden delivered the 2024 State of the Union address in March, he urged Republican members of Congress to agree to a legislative compromise on border security and a few immigration matters. The compromise was crafted by political leaders on both sides of the aisle because many Republicans feel nothing short of comprehensive …Read More
Understanding Immigration Trauma in the United States
The immigration crisis that has been hotly debated in American political circles in recent years is also a mental health crisis. Since 2021, more than six million “migrant encounters” have been reported by the United States Border Patrol. Out of this number, only 384,000 asylum applications have been processed by adjudicators from U.S. Citizenship and …Read More
Where Do Most Immigrants Come to America from Currently?
The migrant crisis at the border between the United States and Mexico has ignited political discord at the highest levels of Congress over the last two years, but there’s another aspect of this phenomenon that merits discussion. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the migrants who arrived at the southern border as part of caravans …Read More
Methods for Checking the Status of Your Immigration Case
In late 2023, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an update to its myProgress tool, an online platform that will eventually replace the Check Case Processing Times web page and perhaps merge with the Case Status Online tool, which you can currently access with or without a myUSCIS account. The new USCIS myProgress …Read More
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