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How Temporary Protected Status Holders Help Disaster Recovery and Preparedness
As the deadline to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and Central Americans approaches, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has yet to decide whether the 325,000 TPS recipients currently in the United States will be allowed to stay. Designed to allow people from designated countries struck by natural disasters, wars, or conflicts to […]
Read MoreNew USCIS Policy Creates Obstacles for Employers and Foreign Workers
In a major reversal of longstanding policy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has created new and unnecessary hurdles for employers and foreign employees temporarily working in the United States. In the past, USCIS followed a streamlined approach when employers filed petition extensions. Now, USCIS officers will be encouraged to redetermine every petition extension as […]
Read MorePresident Trump’s Travel Ban Blocked by Courts yet Again
Only hours before President Trump’s third travel ban was set to go into effect Tuesday night, it was halted by the same federal court in Hawaii that stopped the second version of the travel ban in March. In his order, Judge Watson found that President Trump had gone beyond what Congress had allowed him to […]
Read MoreKorean Immigrant Joins City Council to Fight for North-Atlanta Businesses
When John Park, a resident of Brookhaven, Georgia, saw that his neighbors’ interests were being overlooked by local officials, he decided to take action. “The city government was skewed too much toward business interests and not the people who live here,” says Park, who works full time as a disease surveillance specialist for the Association of Public […]
Read MoreUSCIS Reveals Nearly 25 Percent of Eligible Dreamers Did Not Submit Their Renewal Application on Time
Now that the arbitrary deadline for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewals has passed, approximately 36,000 young immigrants are in danger of being deported. New data from United States and Citizenship Services (USCIS) reveals that roughly one-quarter of all eligible, former DACA recipients did not submit their application in time to meet the October […]
Read MoreAs the DACA Renewal Deadline Approaches, 50,000 Dreamers May Face Deportation
With the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) renewal deadline fast approaching, thousands of young immigrants are scrambling to have their paperwork in by October 5 for a final, two-year extension. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has estimated that nearly 50,000 Dreamers have so far not submitted the necessary paperwork and fee, and would […]
Read MoreDHS Wants to Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media. No One Knows What They Will Do With This Information
In a sweeping encroachment upon privacy, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is planning to dramatically ramp up its surveillance of virtually anyone in the United States who is not a U.S. citizen by birth. In a rule which appeared in the Federal Register on September 18, DHS announced that it will […]
Read MoreImmigration Arrests at Courthouses Are Under Fire From State Officials
Heightened immigration enforcement has in turn heightened fear, anxiety, and confusion throughout the country. Arrests and stops by federal immigration officials at state and local courthouses is one of the more disconcerting aspects of this new era of enforcement—and a growing number of state officials and supreme court Justices have said Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Business and Community Leaders Respond to the Announcement of the SUCCEED Act Sponsored by Senator Tillis to Address DREAMers in the Economy
Raleigh, NC — Today, North Carolina business and community leaders responded to the announcement of the SUCCEED Act, co-sponsored by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), that aims to address the uncertain future of DREAMers following the announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program. “It is encouraging to see that Senator Tillis is working […]
Read MoreOutside the Wire: How Barring the DACA-Eligible Population from Enlisting Weakens our Military
Executive Summary Current debates about how to handle the population of Dreamers in the United States frequently focus on either humanitarian or rule-of-law concerns. Advocates for this population, which includes the 1.9 million undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, frequently argue that it is wrong to penalize or threaten young adults with deportation. […]
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