Articles Posted in Immigration News

CBS News is reporting that the Biden administration has plans to house up to 800 unaccompanied migrant children coming in from the southern border in a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) empty boarding school in North Carolina. ORR, the federal agency that will care for these unaccompanied minors, hopes to open the facility in Greensboro, North Carolina this August! 

Review the CBS News Article for more details: U.S. to house migrant children in former North Carolina boarding school later this summer 

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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 June 9, 2023!

This VOX News article asks and answers 9 important questions about President Biden’s border policy in a quest to explain what the end of Title 42 really means at the border and to the country. 

Review the VOX News Article for more details: 9 questions about Biden’s border policy, answered 

 
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The Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Tae D. Johnson has announced his retirement from the agency. He has been with ICE for 30 years and was selected by President Biden to be Acting Director.

Review the Axios News Article for more details: Scoop: ICE director announces retirement

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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 May 31, 2023!

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 May 26, 2023!

Over 1.5 million applicates from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have apply for the Biden Administration’s U.S. Migrant Sponsorship Program, the problem is there is only a cap of 30,000 monthly allowed. This process is overwhelming caseworkers at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Review the CBS News Article for more details: 1.5 million apply for U.S. migrant sponsorship program with 30,000 monthly cap

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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 May 15, 2023!

Title 42 ends this Thursday, May 11th, ending the public health order making it illegal for immigrants at the border to seek asylum. This order was created during Covid Pandemic by the Trump Administration. The CATO Institute, an American Think Tank, feels that the policy backfired and caused more illegal crossing. I have included the link to a NPR article that includes a six-minute audio recording from the NPR Radio Show, Here and Now, please read article and listen to the complete audio file. 

Review the NPR News/Radio, Article and Recording for more details: Did Title 42 lead border crossings to increase? 

 
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