United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Weekly Immigration News: Finding a Place for Migrant Children

As the migration crisis at the southern border continues and unaccompanied children from Trump-era family separations remain apart from their parents, the number of migrant children in the United States is increasing at an alarming rate, quickly outpacing the resources of the US government. According to new government data, almost 19,000 unaccompanied minors crossed the southern border in March. This record number of people has driven the Biden administration...

Weekly Immigration News: Border Blame and Other Pandemic Responses

Immigration woes continue at the border, compounding pre-existing problems with the US immigration system. According to Politico, Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman blamed the recent arrivals at the border on the United States’ “personal capitalist interests,” which he claimed caused social, economic, and political instability in Central American countries. He stated that these disruptions, in turn, led to the rise of migration to the US. In his statement, Bowman also...

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”...

USCIS Releases Handy DACA Toolkit

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has belatedly created a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) toolkit for applicants. The comprehensive 34-page document should answer many of the questions that you have about the DACA program, and the renewal process. It is available here. USCIS is still accepting initial requests for DACA. An individual may be considered for initial DACA if he or she: Was under the age...