The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced a significant change that promises to impact many non-citizens in the United States. On April 4, 2024, USCIS unveiled a temporary final rule that extends the automatic extension period for certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). This initiative is designed to improve access to work permits, aiding...Read More

On September 20, 2021, the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, rejected Democrats’ effort to include immigration reforms that offered a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented individuals as part of their 10-year, $3.5 trillion spending bill. She said the proposed immigration reforms are considered major policy changes that cannot be approved through reconciliation—which is...Read More

Taliban Takeover & Afghan Refugees: What You Need to Know The Taliban has regained control of Afghanistan. As a result, thousands of Afghanistan citizens are fleeing for their lives out of fear that the Taliban will reimpose harsh conditions or retaliate against those who worked with the US. For over 40 years, Afghans have suffered...Read More

Temporary protected status, or TPS, has helped thousands of individuals obtain protection in the US for a certain amount of time. This status is only temporary, as stated in the name, which is why the rules and processes for TPS-designated countries are constantly changing. A foreign country may be designated for TPS if its conditions...Read More

Millions of immigrants are currently living in the United States without documentation. Many of these people, however, arrived with their parents when they were children, and the U.S. is the only home they know. In 2012, President Obama responded to this dilemma by creating a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Through DACA,...Read More

When U.S. Border Patrol began separating families at the southern border, reunification became the number one priority for countless immigrant advocacy groups, pro-immigration legislators, and, of course, the affected families. The Trump administration officially ended the policy that allowed these separations to occur, but the separations have continued through 2020. For those who have achieved...Read More

Since his initial campaign, President Trump has promised a border wall along the southern border of the United States to prevent illegal immigration. But acquiring the billions of dollars he wants for the project has proven to be quite a challenge, as lower courts and Congress have denied his requests on multiple occasions. The battle...Read More

As President Trump plans to shift billions of dollars from the nation’s defense budget to his long promised border wall, his Republican colleagues have been left in a difficult position. According to Politico the money being shifted to the border wall will come from funds set aside for military construction projects and the war on...Read More

Approximately 15% of workers in the agriculture industry are immigrants without legal status. As a result, the recent crackdown on illegal immigration under the Trump administration has created a “labor crisis” within American agriculture. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, over 300 agriculture groups requested federal assistance in...Read More

Several injunctions that were blocking the Trump administration from implementing its new public charge rule have been lifted by a federal appeals court. However, the three judges on the panel were divided in their decisions after voting 2-1 to stay preliminary injunctions issued by federal judges in Oakland, CA, and Spokane, WA. Two of the...Read More