USCIS Issues Changes to DACA Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided details last month on how it will resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in…
What You Should Know About the American Dream and Promise Act
The American Dream and Promise Act passed by the House of Representatives last month has been placed on the Senate’s legislative calendar. However, the latest Dream Act legislation, which offers…
Trump: Path to Citizenship for H-1B Visa Holders in the Works?!?
Yesterday President Trump suggested he might have plans to provide a path to citizenship for H-1B visa holders. Tech employees, young entrepreneurs, startups, and the U.S. economy stand to benefit…
What You Should Know to Avoid the Higher Risk of Visa Denials
A new policy that began this month makes it easier for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to deny visas and other immigration benefits. USCIS is no longer required to…
DIY Immigration Applications Carry Bigger Threat of Deportation Under New Policy
Under a new policy, if U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) denies a visa, an extension, or another immigration benefit, the agency will immediately begin deportation proceedings against the foreign…
Short-Term DACA Solution for Border Wall Funding?
White House officials told key Republican Congressional leaders this week that President Trump would be open to extending DACA in exchange for a border wall funding if included in the…
Good News: Supreme Court Dashes Trump’s Effort to End DACA on March 5
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the Trump administration’s appeal to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on March 5. Sidestepping the federal court of appeals,…
Dreamers Still in Limbo: What to Do?
Congress failed to pass immigration legislation this week that would provide Dreamers with protection from deportation or a path to citizenship. None of the four proposals before the Senate this…
How Trump Immigration Hurts Silicon Valley
President Trump issued a list of harsh immigration measures this month that he said Congress must include in any legislation that allows Dreamers to remain in the U.S. Trump’s…
How Can DACA Dreamers Fight to Stay in the U.S.?
Today the Trump administration announced the end of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Since 2012, it has enabled Dreamers—undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children—to…