The Biden administration has introduced several new pieces of federal immigration legislation over the past few months. On February 18, 2021 the U.S Citizenship Act of 2021 was proposed with the goal of allowing most undocumented immigrants to become citizens. As of right now undocumented immigrants make up about 3.4 percent of the current U.S.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that they are extending the flexibilities announced last year in March 2020. They decided to allow these courtesies to give applicants a sufficient amount of time to respond to notices in regards to their petitions. This flexibility allows applicants an additional sixty calendar
Effective Jan.6, 2021, USCIS replaced the previously issued sticker that extends the validity of the Form I-155 Permanent Resident Card. They are replacing it with a revised Form I-797, Notice of Action for Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card. The revised I-797 receipt notice paired together with the applicant’s permanent resident card, will
The DACA program also known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a United States immigration policy that was created during the Obama administration. It allows a numerous amount of individuals with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred
Another presidential election has come and gone, and with a new president-elect there are new policies being brought to the table. One pledge that president-elect Joe Biden has made is to make the United States “more welcoming towards immigrants who plan to build a life in the U.S.” His ideas and plans will ultimately break
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that they plan to implement a revised version of the naturalization civics exam. Revisions on the exam started back in 2018 because the USCIS wanted to ensure the exam was continuously used in a useful manor that would assess the applicants’ knowledge of American history, government rules, and
In the past two months, there has been chatter of filing fee increases in the USCIS. The new rule would increase some of the filing fees by double the original amount and in some cases by 80%. This had many immigrants worried about how they would pay for their petitions. These new fees were to
With Coronavirus taking such an economic toll on America, it is no shock that the government is creating harsher and stricter rules when it comes to immigration. Green card holders are especially on edge because a simple mistake on a form can be the difference between staying in America and being deported. The USCIS, also
Throughout the past few weeks, President Trump and his administration have made several changes to the US immigration policies. One of which is an executive order that puts a hold on any new green cards being issued. His idea is to protect current American workers that were left unemployed. He believes that by doing this
Regulations that were implemented during the Obama Administration in 2016 have allowed for certain non-citizen spouses of U.S. citizens to remain in the country whilst pursuing legal status. The purpose behind these regulations was to keep families together and motivate more people to adjust their immigration status. However, the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU,
The Trump administration has recently attempted to rescind a program that protects undocumented young adults from deportation. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, better known as DACA, is an immigration policy that allows children who were brought to the United States illegally to obtain a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible
On January 19, 2016, the Supreme Court granted certiorari, agreeing to take the case and review the Fifth Circuit’s decision. Oral arguments are set for this Monday, April 18, 2016, and the Court will likely issue a decision in June. The future of four million undocumented immigrants in the United States rests on the ill-defined
