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List of some of the Top News Stories related to Judge’s Order on DACA!

A federal Judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restore Deferred Action for the Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in full! Listed below are some of the top news articles about USCIS response to the Judge’s order, effective December 7, 2020:

VOA News, 12/5/20:

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!

The AIC has compiled research which shows that Immigrants are an essential part of each of these states’ economy, labor force and tax base. As our economy continues to grow, Immigrants and their children are a growing economic and political force as consumers, taxpayers and entrepreneurs. As United States economic continues to grow, immigrants and their children will continue to play a key role in shaping the economic and political future of each of these states.

Last Tuesday President-elect Joe Biden was interviewed by NBC News Reporter, Lester Holt about his agenda. He told the reporter that he would use his first 100 days in office to act on an immigration bill, roll back President Trump’s executive orders on the environment and send assistance to state and local governments.

Biden stated in the interview, “I made a commitment, in the first 100 days, I will send an immigration bill to the United States Senate with a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented people in America,”! He warned that, “Some of it is going to depend on the kind of cooperation I can or cannot get from the United States Congress,”.

Please review The Hill’s news article for more detailed information: Immigration, executive action top Biden preview of first 100 days

The Immigrant Investor Program, EB-5 Visa has become a source of investment for development projects within the United States, attracting billions of dollars to our economy and creating thousands of jobs in the United States. The EB-5 stated purpose is to create jobs and growth. The USCIS has developed an online presentation on the Immigrant Investor Program and have posted it on YouTube, I placed the linked below.

 

The USCIS presentation: Updates – Immigrant Investor Program – video. 11/10/20

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!

The AIC has compiled research which shows that Immigrants are an essential part of each of these states’ economy, labor force and tax base. As our economy continues to grow, Immigrants and their children are a growing economic and political force as consumers, taxpayers and entrepreneurs. As United States economic continues to grow, immigrants and their children will continue to play a key role in shaping the economic and political future of each of these states.

Court appointed attorneys (children advocates) have reported that they have been unable to find the parents of 545 children who were separated from their parents by the Trump Administration’s immigration policies at the Mexican border. The court ordered the reunification of 1030 separated children; the advocates where able to locate the parents of 485 of the children. The other 545 parents have been designated as “unreachable”!

Please review the NPR news article for more detailed information: Parents Of 545 Children Separated At U.S.-Mexico Border Still Can’t Be Found

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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!

The AIC has compiled research which shows that Immigrants are an essential part of each of these states’ economy, labor force and tax base. As our economy continues to grow, Immigrants and their children are a growing economic and political force as consumers, taxpayers and entrepreneurs. As United States economic continues to grow, immigrants and their children will continue to play a key role in shaping the economic and political future of each of these states.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday, October 16th, that they would be increasing fees for premium processing, effective Monday, October 19th. The USCIS premium processing service allows some petitioners to pay an additional filing fee to expedite the adjudication of certain forms, normally within 15 days.

Fee Increases:

  • Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, fee increase from $1,440 to $2,500, for all filings except those from petitioners filing Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, requesting H-2B or R-1 nonimmigrant status.
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