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US dismantles Trump-era govt office for victims of immigrant crime

The Joe Biden administration said on Friday it has dismantled a Trump-era government office to help victims of crimes committed by immigrants

US citizenship agency eyes improved service without plan to pay

Less than a year after being on the verge of furloughing about 70 per cent of employees to plug a funding shortfall, the U.S. agency that grants citizenship, green cards and temporary visas wants to improve service without a detailed plan to pay for it, including granting waivers for those who can't afford to pay fees, according to a proposal obtained by The Associated Press. The Homeland Security Department sent its 14-page plan to enhance procedures for becoming a naturalised citizen to the White House for approval on April 21. It involves U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of Homeland Security and has been operating entirely on fees, without funding from Congress. The plan describes short- and long-term changes that reflect a realistic assessment of our aspirations and limitations, including more video instead of in-person interviews with applicants, authorising employees to administer citizenship oaths instead of having to rely on federal judges, and ...

US immigration enforcement agencies to stop referring migrants as 'aliens'

Employees of the two main US immigration enforcement agencies have been directed to stop referring to migrants as aliens, a dated term that many people consider offensive

Lawsuit filed against delay in processing of EADs for spouses of H-1B visas

A top US association of immigration lawyers has filed a case against Homeland Security for extraordinary delays in processing EADs of spouses of foreign workers in the country on H-1B and L1 visas

US House passes key bills providing citizenship to dreamers, immigrants

US House has passed key bills that would create a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, some migrant farmworkers and children whose parents immigrated legally to the country

Undocumented Indian immigrants in US hold $15.5 billion in spending power

Undocumented Indian immigrants to the US, numbering over half a million, hold a spending power of $15.5 billion and contribute $2.8 billion to the federal, state and local tax revenue, says a report

Immigrants, activists worry Joe Biden won't end Donald Trump barriers

For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job

Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for undocumented immigrants

The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities

First new Obama-era DACA applications approved in final weeks of 2020

Over 170 new applicants have become the first individuals in several years to win approval to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme for immigrants

Apple to Amazon line up in battle against Trump's immigrant visa ban

The group asked a court Monday to be allowed to add the industry's voice to a lawsuit opposing the ban, saying it's causing irreparable harm on businesses and the nation's economy

How women, immigrants, nonwhites helped American economy boom after WW II

The hopeful truth is that when Americans band together to force open the gates of opportunity for women, for Black men, for the groups that have long been oppressed in our economy, everyone gets ahead

New policy on immigrants already does harm, US appeals court says

A judge correctly struck down a new Department of Homeland Security rule that went into effect earlier this year denying green cards to legal immigrants who use Medicaid

Immigrant families hide in fear as US launches low profile removal action

The removal operations are meant to deter a surge in Central American families fleeing poverty and gang violence in their home countries, with many seeking asylum in the United States

US judge blocks Trump's mandatory health insurance rule for immigrants

Seven US citizens and a nonprofit organization filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday contending the rule would block nearly two-thirds of all prospective legal immigrants

Trump suspends entry of immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare

The proclamation, issued by the White House, said it would not affect any individual's eligibility for asylum or refugee status

Every fourth non-resident foreign national in US in 2016 was Indian: Report

In 2016, there were 580,000 Indians in the US as resident non-immigrant

US vice president pays visit to packed migrant camp, deplores conditions

The men, who allegedly crossed the border illegally, were crammed into a space where there was not enough room for all of them to lie down on the concrete floor

US govt's vow to cut red tape doesn't extend to legal immigrants

The proposal, expected to affect some 383,000 people annually, would boost the odds that U.S. citizenship officers would deem any legal immigrant a 'public charge'

US must work to reunify children, calls govt's efforts unacceptable: Judge

The government must "identify an individual or a team" to create and implement a procedure for those kids to be reunified with their families

US using DNA tests to reunite 3,000 children with migrant parents

About 11,800 minors are currently in US custody after crossing over from Mexico, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said