Did you know that the Biden Administration has kept in place some Trump-era restrictions regarding immigrants? In a recent Court decision one of those restrictions regarding asylum seekers and employment authorization was ruled invalid. Read our latest blog to learn more about this ruling.
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival) recipients have been through a lot of shifts in the last few years. Roughly 620,000 Dreamers have gone through a yo-yo of high expectations and broken promises with multiple opposing view court rulings in the last five years. Now another change is poised to likely take place. Read our latest blog to learn about the government's proposed rule regarding DACA and employment authorization.
100 people sit in the United States Senate, yet two of them hold the actual power for the latest bill that could provide a path to citizenship for thousands of undocumented immigrants in the United States. The Senate Parliamentarian is the one with all the power right now, and some senators are thinking of overruling her decision. Read our latest blog to learn about this situation.
Although the United States is known as the land of opportunity, the opportunity to work if you’re not a citizen or legal permanent resident has been significantly curbed lately. In what was previously known as a process that took about three months, the average wait time to receive an employment authorization card is now often taking longer than a year. Read our latest blog to learn about a new lawsuit challenging USCIS and DHS on the extreme delay of EAD cards.
After what has felt like months of deliberating and negotiating, it looks like Congress’s Build Back Better Act is set to become law, and with it the possibility of immigration status for thousands of those who have been waiting for decades for Congressional action. The Build Back Better Act was passed by the House and is expected to be passed in the Senate by Thanksgiving, after which it just needs President Biden’s signature in order to become law. Read our latest blog to learn how this Act will hopefully provide parole and work permits to certain undocumented immigrants.
There is a little known process called Registry that has enabled thousands of people without records of lawful admission to obtain green cards in the U.S. Registry has been part of the immigration system for almost a century, since 1929, but has rarely been used in the last few years. Recent Congressional discussions have put registry back in the forefront of news, and have immigration advocates hoping for its inclusion in a new immigration bill. Read our latest blog to learn about this process and who it could impact.
A federal judge in Texas recently blocked the Biden Administration from approving new DACA applications, leaving the 55,550 applicants who are waiting for approval in limbo. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen found that DACA is unlawful because it should have been subjected to formal notice-and-comment under the Administrative Procedure Act and because it exceeded powers Congress granted to executive branch agencies. Read our latest blog to learn what this means for current DACA recipients and applicants.
In a federal case appearing before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California on September 14, 2020, a three judge panel ruled 2-1 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary “possesses full and unreviewable discretion as to whether to consider intervening events in making a TPS determination.” Read our latest blog to learn what this means and how it affects current TPS recipients.
DACA recipients (Dreamers) are on the front lines fighting the Coronavirus pandemic to keep our nation safe. Dreamers deserve Congressional action, allowing them to obtain lawful permanent residence, placing them on the path to become American citizens.
