On Tuesday, August 29th, President Biden meant with the Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves who was here in the United States for a State visit. The meeting was held at the White House and discussed ways to strengthen an agreement between the countries to increase the legal ways for Central Americans…
The USCIS Forms Updates web page lists their most recently updated forms. The list includes forms as they publish them and includes a brief explanation for the update. The updated form listed below is their most recent addition to the list, dated August 23, 2023! Update to Form I-956K, Registration…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be reopening a new international field office in Havana, Cuba. The new office is being created to assist with interviews and processing of pending Cuban Family Reunification Parole cases and Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition, along with other case work. This new office…
On Monday August 21st, USCIS started offering a new online form for individuals, attorneys, and accredited representatives to request an in-person appointment for certain types of appointments, such as customer service-related appointment requests like the ADIT stamp or emergency advanced parole! These appointments are for the local field office without…
This article tells the story of a Drug Courier catch in Nogales, Arizona, along the Mexico border, smuggling fentanyl into this country. We are all aware of the illicit fentanyl flowing into the U.S. from Mexico, but we hardly ever get to hear the smuggler’s story in their own words. …
The USCIS Forms Updates web page lists their most recently updated forms. The list includes forms as they publish them and includes a brief explanation for the update. The updated form listed below is their most recent addition to the list, dated August 1, 2023! Update to Form I-9,…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Tuesday, August 1st new guidance to assist stateless noncitizens in the United States. This guidance will help stateless noncitizens who wish to obtain immigration benefits and/or have submitted other requests to USCIS. A Stateless person…
The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state. With national immigration policy being discussed, we…
List of some of the Top News Stories related to Immigration: NPR News (npr.org), 7/24/23: Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro says Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration policies are inhumane The Department of Justice plans to sue Texas for refusing to remove razor wire and giant buoys installed by them to discourage migrants from crossing…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reported to be assessing the situation along the Texas-Mexico border over the treatment of migrants by Texas State Troopers! It was reported to DOJ that Texas State Troopers were told to push migrants back into the Rio Grande River and ordered not to give…