USCIS will start using their new Information Services Modernization Program in some of their field offices, beginning with the Detroit Field Office and five other offices in the Los Angeles District on November 1, 2018. Field offices in the Newark, Great Lakes, and the San Francisco areas will start using…
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Immigration Data & Facts State by State – Alabama, Alaska and Arizona!
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…
Attorney General Sessions seeks to Expand Power on Immigration Cases
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is proposing to change the circumstances which allow Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step-in to a judicial immigration case. Stepping In to an Immigration case means taking charge of case and ruling on it. Past practice has generally had the attorney generals only step-in to…
Immigration Data & Facts State by State – West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming!
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…
With border wall funding still in question, construction finishes on Calexico barrier
In the first week of October, construction workers in Calexico, CA put up the final panels of a section of Trump’s new border wall. This old barrier replacement project is being publicized by President Trump as the first part of his Border Wall between Mexico and the United States! Because…
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to introduce bill to fully fund Trump’s border wall
A spokesperson for Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told CNN that the Congressman would introduce legislation this week to fully fund (23.4 billion) President Trump’s Border Wall! The bill is still being drafted but would be released soon. The House of Representatives remains in recess until mid-November, after the…
Immigration at Ellis Island: Photos
Ellis Island operated as the nations’ busiest Immigration inspection station from 1892 until 1954. They processed over 12 million immigrants in its 62 years of operation. Ellis Island was the gateway to America; approximately 40% of U.S. citizens today had at least one ancestor immigrate through the Island. This article…
Immigration Data & Facts State by State – Vermont, Virginia and Washington!
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…
Problems for Pentagon’s immigrant recruit program
The Pentagon would like to restart a program for recruiting immigrants with specific skills desired by the U.S. Military with the promise of gaining U.S. citizenship. The program called Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) would allow thousands of people with critical medical or Asian and African language…
Immigration News – Top News Stories – Immigration Judges
List of some of the Top News Stories related to Immigration Judges: CNN News (CNN.com), 9/10/18: Sessions criticizes immigrants’ attorneys before immigration judges On Monday, September 10th, Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a new group of immigration judges that their job was to “restore the rule of law” to…