citizenship

Weekly Immigration News: On the National Budget

There continue to be changes to the United States’ immigration system, especially as President Joe Biden further undoes various Trump-era policies. According to a DHS (Department of Homeland Security) spokesperson, the Biden administration will begin to grant US entry to a maximum of 250 “particularly vulnerable” migrants per day. This new announcement is an exception to the current border policy blocking most immigrants from entering the country, and would...

Weekly Immigration News: Dismantling the Trump-era

The Biden administration has ramped up its political agenda this week, with various new policies that aim to correct Trump-era institutions. After ending the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, the Biden administration announced that the United States will start letting in asylum seekers stranded in Mexico. The shift will be starting its phase 1 today along the southern border, but only migrants currently affected by the “Remain in Mexico”...

Same-Sex Couples Using ART: Your Baby Is No Longer An Alien

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has finally published long-awaited guidance regarding children born using assisted reproductive technology (ART). For the purposes of immigration law, the “parent” of a child now includes both a genetic parent or gestational parent such that a gestational mother can petition for a child so long as she is the legal parent of the child. This tiny fix in the regulation has far-reaching immigrations. Previous guidance on...