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Why the White House’s Measures to Curb Visa Overstays Are Inadequate
The White House issued a memo on Monday directing the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to provide recommendations to reduce visa overstays. The recommendations, which are expected within 120 days, may include suspending or limiting entry of nationals of countries with high nonimmigrant visa overstay rates. Why is the administration pursuing these changes now? […]
Read MoreThe Baltimore Sun Opinion: Trump administration threatens to end temporary protected status for endangered immigrants
As a biology and psychology major at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, I’m pursuing a career in medicine to treat children in underserved communities who lack access to care. But I’m also in a race against time — taking extra credits and registering for summer school, on top of working two part-time jobs and volunteering […]
Read MoreClosing USCIS International Offices Will Leave US Citizens, Military Members, and Refugees Abroad Without Help
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ international field offices provide critical services to Americans living abroad, as well as refugees and other immigrants. But in a supposed effort to cut costs, the Trump administration plans to close all 23 offices that span 21 countries by the end of 2019. These offices are a lifeline for those […]
Read MoreRemembering Ellis Island’s Busiest Day: How Has Immigration Changed Since 1907?
On April 17, 1907, thousands upon thousands of immigrants filed through Ellis Island’s Registry Room, a room no larger than two high school basketball courts. By the day’s end, they had set the record for the number of immigrants processed in a single day—11,747. By the end of the year, more than 1 million other […]
Read MoreImmigrants’ Taxes Help Save the Social Security System
The survival of the nation’s Social Security system depends upon the taxes paid by each new generation of workers. As older workers enter retirement and draw upon Social Security, the continued tax payments of younger workers keep the system solvent and ensure that it will still be there when they, too, reach retirement age. In […]
Read MoreChaos Continues at DHS as Trump Purges More of His Senior Immigration Team
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned from her position on Monday. She was reportedly forced from office after President Trump grew frustrated with the government’s inability to stop asylum seekers from arriving at the southern border. Her departure marked an extraordinary week in which most DHS leadership faced the chopping block. These […]
Read MoreStatement for the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest on “Oversight of the Administration’s FY 2017 Refugee Resettlement Program”
The statement emphasizes the important role that the United States has played in the past in protecting the world’s most vulnerable people and why we need to continue to welcome those fleeing dire situations and not deny them entry.
Read MoreStatement for the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest on “Oversight of the Administration’s FY 2016 Refugee Resettlement Program: Fiscal and Security Implications”
The statement discusses the rigorous 13-step screening process that an individual must undergo before entering the United States as a refugee and explains the current response to the Syrian refugee crisis and how the Obama administration can better address the rising numbers of Syrian refugees by increasing the number of refugees that the United States resettles in the next fiscal year.
Read MoreStatement for the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on “The Impact of ISIS on the Homeland and Refugee Resettlement”
The statement explains in detail the 13- step screening process that refugees must clear in order to be granted refugee status in the U.S. and what the steps are once an individual is granted refugee status.
Read MoreLawsuit Demands Response to FOIAs Seeking Data About Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Adjudications
With the data sought through the requests, the Council hopes to better understand USCIS’ adjudication of employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions and how the adjudication process has evolved over multiple years.
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