Immigration News

October 4, 2024

USCIS has changed their Insignia!

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has changed their organization insignia (Symbol). The new insignia is now a circle with the main feature in the center being the Statue of Liberty! I have included their mission statement below and a link for more details. To see the new USCIS insignia, open their homepage and look in the top left corner!

USCIS Mission Statement:

USCIS upholds America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility with fairness, integrity, and respect for all we serve.

October 1, 2024

Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Tennessee

by Kellie N. Lego

This is a very interesting Factsheet, Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Tennessee , published by USCIS using Office of Homeland Security Statistics data from August 26, 2024! This well put together Factsheet provides information on selected characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area. There are 75,550 (Green Card holders) in this area of the country that are eligible to be naturalized U.S. citizen after meeting the requirements!

For more information, please review the USCIS Factsheet, “Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Tennessee“!

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September 30, 2024

2024 USCIS Forms Updates – Fee Schedule – 9/24/24

by Kellie N. Lego

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 September 24, 2024!

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September 26, 2024

Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): Louisiana, Maine and Maryland – Update

by Kellie N. Lego

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 sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.

With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Louisiana, Maine and Maryland!

September 18, 2024

An American Story: Everyone’s Invited – Wilmer Valderrama’s Memoir!

by Kellie N. Lego

Wilmer Valderrama has written a new book, “An American Story: Everyone’s Invited“! At 18, he played the Fez character on the TV Show, “That ’70s Show” And is now starring on NCIS! This article is his interview about his new book, immigration, fatherhood and more! Now at 44, he reflects back on his life’s journey so far and the world around him.

Wilmer stated, “Because as a Latino and as a brown person, our dream is to be for the world and to be treated and accepted equally as a contributing member of whatever team, company, show you’re in.”! This is an interesting interview and looks like an interesting book too. Please review the USA Today book article and interview, “Wilmer Valderrama reflects on Fez character, immigration, fatherhood in new memoir“.

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September 17, 2024

Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky – Update

by Kellie N. Lego

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 sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.

With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky!

September 5, 2024

Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): Idaho, Illinois and Indiana – Update

by Kellie N. Lego

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 sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.

With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Idaho, Illinois and Indiana!

September 4, 2024

2024 USCIS Forms Updates – 8/28/24

by Kellie N. Lego

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 28, 2024!

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September 3, 2024

Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL

by Kellie N. Lego

This is a very interesting Factsheet, Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach , published by USCIS using Office of Homeland Security Statistics data from August 2, 2024! This well put together Factsheet provides information on selected characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area. There are 654,840 (Green Card holders) in this area of the country that are eligible to be naturalized U.S. citizen after meeting the requirements!

For more information, please review the USCIS Factsheet, “Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL“!

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August 28, 2024

Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

by Kellie N. Lego

This is a very interesting Factsheet, Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA , published by USCIS using Office of Homeland Security Statistics data from August 2, 2024! This well put together Factsheet provides information on selected characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area. There are 151,930 (Green Card holders) in this area of the country that are eligible to be naturalized U.S. citizen after meeting the requirements!

For more information, please review the USCIS Factsheet, “Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA“!

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