Editorial credit: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com In February, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will launch online organizational accounts and make Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, available for online filing for H-1B petitioners for fiscal year (FY) 2025. What You Need to Know All legal representative account holders and all organizations with an H-1B registrant account, as well as new users, will […]
Editorial credit: Allen J.M. Smith / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice | January 16, 2024 Washington, DC — House Republicans keep admitting their views that immigration and the border are a political issue to run on, rather than a policy issue to be resolved. The latest reminder, via Beltway outlet Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team gave […]
Editorial credit: OogImages / Shutterstock.com By The Editorial Board | January 16, 2024 | Inquirer Republicans have forced the Biden administration to the negotiating table on immigration, holding aid for Ukraine hostage in a bid to enact draconian measures that would further upend the asylum process and pave the way for the kind of anti-immigrant […]
By Murad Awawdeh Gov. Hochul, let’s show the nation how to shape a morally sound, economically beneficial response to the migrant crisis. As 2024 sets in, immigrant communities all over are bracing for a year of attacks and policy proposals that threaten to eliminate crucial protections and resources. President Joe Biden and congressional leaders are considering cruel […]
By Arun Venugopal | January 12, 2024 | Gothamist The last time Congress enacted immigration reform was 1986. Ronald Reagan was president. Ed Koch was New York mayor. “Platoon” was in the movie theaters. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Since then, Congress and the White House have only known stalemate and […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Doug Williams | January 12, 2024 | CBS News NEW YORK — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is taking action against scammers posing as immigration lawyers and taking advantage of one of New York City’s most vulnerable populations: asylum seekers. On Friday, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg announced the indictment of a 33-year-old man […]
By David Rutz | January 12, 2024 | MSN Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says his city is on an unsustainable fiscal path due to an influx of migrants that’s greater per capita than any other major American city. But he tells conservatives who are angered at the country’s mounting border crisis that his Christian faith […]
By Adriel Orozco | January 11, 2024 The State Department announced an update to its discretionary interview waiver policy for nonimmigrant visa applicants on December 21, 2023. It replaces the temporary policies in place for almost three years. Most importantly, the State Department made this a standing policy that will be reviewed annually, which will decrease uncertainty […]
Federally Funded Factory Produced Ammunition Used at Tops Supermarket Shooting in Buffalo and Other Recent Mass Shootings NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James led a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate recent reports that a federally funded contractor has produced military-grade […]
By America’s Voice | January 10, 2024 New York, NY — New research highlighted in Newsday found that migrants and asylum seekers are “pumping millions” into Long Island’s economy. The report found that for every thousand migrants that arrive in New York, they contribute $3 million in state and local taxes. As migrants move into more skilled positions in […]
