USCIS granted lawful permanent residence to nearly 577,000 individuals and in FY 2019, the number of applications pending for green cards and naturalizations was reduced by 14 percent and 12 percent respectively. Keep Reading
For 2020, the acting secretary of Homeland Security has determined, with the concurrence of the Office of the Secretary of State, that the countries designated as eligible in 2019 will remain unchanged. Keep Reading
On April 27, 2019, Morales, a Border Patrol agent stationed at the El Centro Sector in Southern California, was off-duty and attending morning services on the last day of Passover at Chabad of Poway. Keep Reading
The administration argued that under the Refugee Act of 1980 Congress "explicitly afforded the president authority over the refugee resettlement process, including by taking local consultation into account." Keep Reading
The number of irregular border crossings detected on the European Union’s external borders last year fell to the lowest level since 2013 due to a drop in people reaching European shores via the Central and Western Mediterranean routes. Keep Reading
“The defendants smuggled U.S. origin goods to entities that have been designated for years as threats to U.S. national security for their ties to Pakistan’s weapons programs,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. Keep Reading
President Trump took office vowing to build “a big, beautiful wall” along the 1,954-mile U.S.-Mexico border, but so far the federal government has managed to build only about one mile of new border wall. Keep Reading
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw’s ruling rejected the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) claims that the administration was returning to the previously condemned policies of widespread child separation by using minor criminal history as criteria to separate families. Keep Reading
USCIS will open an initial registration period from March 1 through March 20, 2020, for the FY 2021 H-1B numerical allocations. Keep Reading
Not since 2008 has CBP’s Air and Marine Operations El Paso Air Branch (AMO El Paso) flown the U.S. military’s premier utility helicopter – the UH-60 Black Hawk – in support of border security operations. Keep Reading
