There are more than 183,000 DACA recipients here in California. These are individuals who were brought to the U.S. as young children and are now protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. Collectively, they pay $2 billion in federal taxes plus...
In late February, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule. Under this rule, immigrants applying for a U.S. green card may be at risk for denial if they use public benefits too often – or...
The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt in 2019 to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The White House now takes a different approach, asking states for drivers’ license information, including birth dates, addresses, race,...
A federal judge in Washington rejected on September 27 the Trump administration’s attempt to fast-track deportations. Initially announced in July, the policy would enable the Department of Homeland Security to quickly deport anyone who has been in the country...
Moving to the United States as an immigrant is a big undertaking. Many people need to focus on the process of getting the proper documentation before coming. This is undoubtedly important, and it helps to have a team on your side that knows how to work through the...
The Trump administration seems to mount an attack every week on migrants, asylum seekers and refugees seeking a better way of life. This week is no different. The State Department announced that the number of refugees and asylum seekers for the upcoming fiscal year...
The school year has started for children here in the United States. Now in a happy turn of events, volunteers created a pop-up school on the sidewalk in Matamoros, Mexico. The idea is to provide migrant kids with some of the stability they would typically have....
A bi-partisan bill eliminating per-country caps on employment-based green cards was recently shot down in the Senate. The goal was to get more highly skilled immigrants to come to America and level the playing field as to who could gain access to green cards. Right...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection was once considered a low-key organization, but now with controversies at the border front and center, they have become one of the most high-profile agencies in the United States Government. This shift in public perception is due...
Immigration judges and asylum officers in California and other states on the U.S.-Mexico border are being directed to enforce a controversial Trump administration policy that dramatically changes the way asylum petitions are handled in the United States. A federal...
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