Delays at USCIS Will Hamper Biden’s Actions to Help Foreign Workers and Students in STEM Fields

Delays at USCIS Will Hamper Biden’s Actions to Help Foreign Workers and Students in STEM Fields

By Leslie Dellon, Immigration Impact The Biden administration recently announced four actions intended to improve immigration “pathways” for noncitizens in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. However, these changes are constrained by the delays at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and congressional limits on immigrant visa numbers. These actions include: Early Career STEM […]

U.S. Citizenship Applicants are in Limbo Because Their Immigration Files are Locked in Caves Underground

U.S. Citizenship Applicants are in Limbo Because Their Immigration Files are Locked in Caves Underground

By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact Thousands of applicants for U.S. citizenship have been waiting for well over a year for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to process their applications. But the problem isn’t the usual bureaucratic red tape. In this case, thousands of paper-based immigration records (known as “A-Files”) are locked in man-made caves that USCIS […]

State Department Waives Fees for Immigrants Denied Visas Due to the Muslim Ban

State Department Waives Fees for Immigrants Denied Visas Due to the Muslim Ban

The Muslim Women’s contingent at the 2019 Women’s March demonstrating against the Muslim Ban and for women’s rights. – Washington/USA – January 19, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Kate Goettel, The Immigrant’s Journal The State Department announced a new rule that will waive fees for visa applicants who were denied because of the Muslim and refugee ban. […]

Biden Keeps Trump Immigration Policies—and Stephen Miller is Loving It

“It seems that there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans,” says Fernando Garcia, director of the Border Network for Human Rights in El Paso, Texas.

Biden Keeps Trump Immigration Policies—and Stephen Miller is Loving It

US President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s accomplishments. – Washington, DC – January 14 (Shutterstock) By Scott Bixby & Asawin Suebsaeng, The Daily Beast Moments after he was sworn into office, President Joe Biden made good on the first of dozens of promises he had made to immigrant communities on the campaign trail—bursting out […]

A Glowing Tribute to the Late Colin Moore, Esq

A Glowing Tribute to the Late Colin Moore, Esq

By IMJ Editorial Staff Prominent Guyanese Attorney, Colin A. Moore, died of natural causes at 80-years-old on January 9, 2022. Moore will be remembered as “a Renaissance Scholar who has had a distinguished career in many areas of public service, as Adjunct Professor of Law, Congressional Aide, Attorney-at-Law, Public Speaker, Journalist, Political Analyst, Community Activist, […]

Mayor Adams not Ruling out Vetoing Noncitizen Voting Bill, Angering NYC Council Progressives

Mayor Adams not Ruling out Vetoing Noncitizen Voting Bill, Angering NYC Council Progressives

Mayor Eric Adams attends Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez press conference in District Attorney office. – New York, NY – January 4, 2022 (Shutterstock) By Chris Sommerfeldt, NY Daily News Mayor Adams on Tuesday did not rule out vetoing a bill that would extend voting rights to noncitizen New Yorkers, upsetting fellow Democrats in the […]

After Parliamentarian Rejects Immigration Reform, Migrant-Led Organizations Disappointed with Democratic Party Leadership

After Parliamentarian Rejects Immigration Reform, Migrant-Led Organizations Disappointed with Democratic Party Leadership

Some 200,000 immigrants’ rights activists flood the National Mall on March 21, 2010 in Washington DC. (Shutterstock) On December 16, the Senate parliamentarian ruled against including modest immigration provisions in the “Build Back Better” spending plan. The provisions were intended to provide U.S. work permits to a significant number of immigrants residing in the U.S. […]

Collaboration Between the FBI and CBP Led to Increased Surveillance of Arab and Muslim Immigrants

Collaboration Between the FBI and CBP Led to Increased Surveillance of Arab and Muslim Immigrants

By Katy Murdza and Rebekah Wolf, American Immigration Council Staff Collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has led to increased surveillance of Arab and Muslim immigrants, particularly at our borders. This is not necessarily tied to whether someone is considered a potential national security threat—but whether […]