About a month ago, an NPR reporter, Jasmine Garsd who had just been reporting on the southern border for NPR had a chance encounter with a young (22) immigrant from Ecuador! She was on her flight back to New York City, when she started talking to the young man next…
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2024 USCIS Forms Updates – 1/23/24
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 January 23, 2024! ______ Update to Form I-881,…
Working in the United States – Temporary (Nonimmigrant) Workers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) states that Temporary Worker Visas are for persons who want to enter the United States for employment lasting a fixed time, only temporary and not considered permanent, with no path to immigration. Each of these visas requires the prospective U.S. employer not the worker to first…
2024 USCIS Forms Updates – 11/29/23 between 1/11/24
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 November 29, 2023 and January 11, 2024! ______…
New York City announces lawsuit against bus companies sending migrants to city, seeks $708 million
The New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the city has filed a lawsuit against the bus companies that delivered or helped deliver bus loads asylum-seekers to their city from Texas. New York City is seeking over $700 million from 17 transportation companies for the care of these migrants. The Mayor…
Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): Mississippi, Missouri and Montana – Update
UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact! 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…
Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota – Update
UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact! 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…
Texas Governor signs law making it a State Crime to cross the Border Illegally
Texas’s Republican Govenor, Greg Abbott has signed a new state immigration bill on Monday, December 18th making unauthorized border crossings a state crime. This new Texas law does not take effect until March of 2024! The new law gives Texas state law enforcement officers the authority to arrest people suspected…
The White House is willing to Negotiate tougher Border Security Changes with Congress!
The White House, Biden Administration has expressed to members of Congress that they are open to a new border expulsion law, mandatory detention and increasing deportations! This is all being done to get congressional Republicans to back President Biden’s aid to Ukraine which is in the same spending bill. This…
USCIS’ Social Media Directory!
USCIS has a Social Media Directory on its website, they state that they are making information more accessible, their actual words are “more widely available”! This directory contains USCIS accounts for X (twitter), Facebook, Instagram and many others including regional. Please use the link below to view the directory. USCIS…