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USCIS Fees to Increase in December
Fees for immigration transactions will increase by an average of 21 percent beginning on December 23, 2016. Applications or petitions mailed, postmarked, or otherwise filed on or after December 23, 2016 must include the new fees. While the fees for some petitions will remain the same, others will see significant increases. According to USCIS, the […]
Read MoreBoard of Immigration Appeals Seeks Clarity on Deportation Relief for Immigrants Waved Through Border Crossings
Recently the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the agency that hears appeals of decisions of immigration judges nationwide, issued a call for amicus briefs on a deceptively simple question; when a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officer waves a person through a border crossing point without checking whether the person has permission to enter the […]
Read MoreUSCIS Clarifies Guidance on “Extreme Hardship”
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released new policy guidance clarifying how it determines whether an individual’s family will experience “extreme hardship” if the individual is denied admission to the United States. This guidance is effective December 5, 2016 and provides welcome clarity to a complicated issue. Certain non-citizens are considered inadmissible meaning they would […]
Read MoreThis Venerated Engineer Says Embracing Skilled Immigrants Will Make America Great
Ram Bhatia was living in Montreal when a U.S. headhunter called him, saying, “We can’t find anyone in the United States.” The headhunter had spent a year looking for an engineer who could help a Wisconsin firm develop linear electrical motors. Bhatia, who is originally from India, had done graduate research in the field and […]
Read MoreEl Salvador’s Gang Violence is Forcing Thousands to Flee
In the event that there was any doubt, women and children from Central America’s Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—are fleeing the same horrific conditions that were driving them out of their countries in large numbers two years ago. That is why apprehensions of Northern Triangle refugees have gone up this year, once again drawing […]
Read MoreNew Report Shows Immigrant Contributions to Fargo-Moorhead Area Advance the Economy
New Report Shows Immigrant Contributions to Fargo-Moorhead Area Advance the Economy Fargo, ND – New American Economy has released new research showing that the 10,663 foreign-born residents of the Fargo-Moorhead metro area make significant contributions to the region’s economy through millions of dollars in tax contributions and spending power, and high rates of workforce […]
Read MoreNew Americans in the Fargo-Moorhead Region
New American Economy has developed a series of research briefs that examine the demographic and economic contributions of immigrant communities in counties and cities across the United States. The latest report in the series focuses on the Fargo-Moorhead metro area. The report, New Americans in the Fargo-Moorhead Region, finds: In 2014, foreign-born residents contributed $542.8 million […]
Read MoreNew Americans in the Fargo-Moorhead Region
New American Economy has developed a series of research briefs that examine the demographic and economic contributions of immigrant communities in counties and cities across the United States. The latest report in the series focuses on the Fargo-Moorhead metro area. The report, New Americans in the Fargo-Moorhead Region, finds: In 2014, foreign-born residents contributed $542.8 million […]
Read MoreThe Changing Face of Those Apprehended at the Southern U.S. Border
This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the total number of apprehensions by the Border Patrol of individuals trying to enter the country without authorization for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. The overall number of apprehensions is up from last year, but down when compared to FY 2013 and 2014 and remain at historically […]
Read MoreHistory Shows That Border Walls Don’t Work
A border wall is a powerful symbol of exclusion: “We” are going to keep “them” out. And, by doing so, “we” are going to protect our people, our way of life, our society and economy from the threat that “they” represent. It’s a concept that is elegant in its simplicity. It’s the concept that launched […]
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