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How To Complete A Training Plan (Form DS-7002)
Writing a training plan starts with identifying what will serve the trainee and what the company has to offer. Dynamic training plans take just that – planning. Careful thought given to planning pays off. More than one trainee supervisor has said, “Thank you for helping us develop a real training plan – now I know […]
Read MoreBiden’s Reviving Phone-Booth Asylum. Here’s Why It Was a Disaster
The Biden administration is yet again turning to the Trump playbook as it tries to slap together a border crackdown to succeed the end of the Title 42 “public health” order next month. The latest revived Trump-era idea: keeping asylum seekers in Border Patrol custody for longer, and conducting asylum screening interviews in phone booths, […]
Read MoreOpposition to Proposed Asylum Transit Ban Rule Across U.S.
Members of Congress, Faith Leaders, and Pediatricians Join Tens of Thousands of People Demanding Rescission of Biden Asylum Transit Ban.
Read MoreA Groundswell of Opposition to Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban
The public has spoken: an asylum transit ban was bad policy during the Trump era, and it’s bad policy now. On February 21, the Biden administration released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking laying out the details of a planned asylum transit ban. The proposed rule, a new version of a Trump-era policy, would all but […]
Read MoreNew USCIS Center Is Good News For Some Of Its Worst Backlog Victims
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is opening a new service center to try to fix some of its most egregious backlogs. The agency reportedly has already reassigned 150 employees – and plans to have over 300 – to staff a virtual service center, which will eventually operate fully remotely (though it will accept paper […]
Read MoreWhere the ‘Migrant Protection Protocols’ Stand, Four Years After Going Into Effect
Last week, a federal court in California issued a decision allowing asylum seekers and other plaintiffs to continue their legal challenge to the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program, officially (and in true Orwellian fashion) called the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). The program—which forced migrants to wait indefinitely in Mexico for their immigration court asylum hearings […]
Read MoreA Florida Court Blocks ‘Parole + ATD’ Program in Latest Fight Between State and Federal Immigration Authority
On March 8, a Florida court blocked the Biden administration from using a key border program referred to as Parole plus Alternative to Detention (Parole + ATD). The court’s decision vacated the policy as unlawful. While the written order includes commentary on a wide range of border-related issues, including parole itself, the decision only directly […]
Read MoreThree Years of Title 42
In March 2020, the world came to an unfamiliar halt. The COVID-19 pandemic was no longer a looming and distant concern. Events rapidly fell off calendars, schools shuttered, and those who could sheltered in place. Our hopes that the impact of the pandemic would be short lived were shattered with each passing month. Beyond the […]
Read MoreAgency Failures Make Obtaining Humanitarian Parole Almost Impossible for Afghans
The facts on immigration—right in your inbox. Sign up with the American Immigration Council to receive the latest in immigration law and policy as well as opportunities and resources to educate the public about the value of immigration to American society. In July 2021, the Biden administration announced that the United States’ military mission in […]
Read MoreYour Rights Under Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas
Traducir Página:Espanol | Paj tradui:Kreyòl | Translate page to:English Please read this page if you: traveled to the U.S./Mexico border before July 16, 2019 to seek asylum, and placed or tried to place your name on an asylum waiting list, or tried and were unable to enter the United States at a port of entry, […]
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