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Tuesday, March 19th, Congressional leaders and President Biden announced a deal to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown! The last major problem, the funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was resolved with the GOP house leader, Mike Johnson! Speaker Johnson, R-La., announced the DHS deal in a statement, saying, “House and Senate committees have begun drafting bill text to be prepared for release and consideration by the full House and Senate as soon as possible,”. Congress has until Midnight Friday to pass a package of funding bills to fully fund the Federal Government until the end of Fiscal Year 2024! 

Review the NBC News Article and Video for more details: Congress announces a deal to avoid a shutdown, resolving homeland security dispute 

 
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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 February 26, 2024 and March 7, 2024!

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The USCIS updated forms listed below will take effect April 1, 2024. A new USCIS rule which also goes into effect April 1st, normally would allow a grace period but because of the new fee structure there will be none and the new 04/1/24 editions for certain forms must be used. 

• Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker; 
• Form I-129 CW, Petition for a CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker; 

USCIS has an online Electronic Reading Room with access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requested documents. The Reading Room is really a Web-based searchable database of public requested FOIA documents; mixed with USCIS documents that the government decided may have a larger public demand. You can use pull-downs to choose different listed subjects and include any month/year date from January 2011 to the present. You can also type in your own keywords to search.

Please visit this page for more information: Electronic Reading Room

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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 February 21, 2024!

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed an unprecedented 10 million immigration cases in Fiscal Year 2023! USCIS has finally reduced its backlog of cases for the first time in a Decade or more. USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou stated, “We’ve completed a record number of cases, responded to emerging crises around the globe with essential humanitarian relief, and applied innovative solutions to improve customer experience and reduce backlogs.”! For further details please review the USCIS News Release, “Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade“. 

 
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USCIS (USCIS.gov), 2/9/24, News Release: 

House Republicans who tried to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas have failed! The final vote in the House of Representatives was close, 216-214 against the impeachment. Only four Republicans voted with all the house Democrats! Border security is a top issue for the 2024 Presidential elections and Secretary Mayorkas is being blamed by Republicans backing Ex-President Trump for the border problems. 

For further details please review the BBC News Article, “Alejandro Mayorkas: House Republicans fail to impeach US homeland security secretary“! 

 
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