USCIS Updates Policy Guidance for International Students

USCIS Updates Policy Guidance for International Students

Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the F and M student nonimmigrant classifications, including the agency’s role in adjudicating applications for employment authorization, change of status, extension of stay, and reinstatement of status for these students and their dependents in the United States. This […]

Free Education and Pre-K for Undocumented Immigrant Children Under Age 6

Free Education and Pre-K for Undocumented Immigrant Children Under Age 6

By Ralph Thomassaint Joseph | December 31, 2023 | Documented By law, undocumented children have the same rights to attend public schools as U.S. Citizens and permanent residents. According to a 1982 Supreme Court decision (Pyler v. Doe), states cannot deny children of undocumented immigrants access to public education. Moreover, education is mandatory for all […]

California Becomes First State to Offer Health Insurance to All Eligible Undocumented Adults

California Becomes First State to Offer Health Insurance to All Eligible Undocumented Adults

By Kristen Hwang | December 28, 2023 | Cal Matters Perla Lopez hands a stack of papers to Baudeilio, a 44-year-old undocumented immigrant and day laborer. She has just helped him apply for Medi-Cal at the benefits center at St. John’s Community Health’s in South Los Angeles. “If you see anything you don’t understand from […]

USCIS Announces Inflation Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees

USCIS Announces Inflation Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees

Editorial credit: Lyonstock / Shutterstock.com U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a final rule that will increase the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, to adjust for inflation. The USCIS Stabilization Act established the current premium processing fees and the authority for the Department of Homeland Security to adjust the premium fees on a biennial basis. After leaving these […]

NYC’s Tab for Migrants: Budget Watchdog Says it’ll Sting Less than Forecast

NYC’s Tab for Migrants: Budget Watchdog Says it’ll Sting Less than Forecast

Editorial credit: Luis War / Shutterstock.com By Arya Sundaram | December 15, 2023 | Gothamist New York City’s budget watchdog estimates it will cost $6 billion to 7.8 billion to care for the city’s migrants over the next two years, up to $4.8 billion less than what the mayor’s office forecast in August. The new Independent Budget […]

Migrant Shelter Slated for Toxic Gowanus Site With Fast-Track OKs From City Agencies

Migrant Shelter Slated for Toxic Gowanus Site With Fast-Track OKs From City Agencies

The exterior of what will soon be a new shelter, on a site where a gas manufacturing plant once stood across the street from two brownfield lots. Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY By Greg B. Smith | December 26, 2023 The Adams administration is now moving to open a 403-bed migrant shelter inside a manufacturing building alongside the […]

Resisting SB4: Voices from Houston on Texas’ Controversial Immigration Bill

Resisting SB4: Voices from Houston on Texas’ Controversial Immigration Bill

Editorial credit: Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.com By Nakia Cooper | December 22, 2023 | Ethnic Media Services HOUSTON, Texas – Texas is currently at the center of a heated debate with the introduction of Senate Bill 4 (SB4), a piece of legislation spearheaded by Governor Greg Abbott that has sparked vigorous discussions across the state and […]

ICYMI — NY Business Leader: “We can Solve NY’s Hospitality Labor Shortage by Welcoming Migrants to Our Melting Pot”

ICYMI — NY Business Leader: “We can Solve NY’s Hospitality Labor Shortage by Welcoming Migrants to Our Melting Pot”

Scott Wexler is the Executive Director of the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association Link Washington, DC — In an op-ed, New York business leader and Executive Director of the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association Scott Wexler highlighted the role immigrants can play in strengthening the economy and filling thousands of open jobs. Noting that “New York’s hospitality industry […]