In the first interdiction, Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders received a MAYDAY call April 17 and launched multiple surface asset crews and an Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew to the scene to assist. Keep Reading
After picking a border-state police chief to be his nominee to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, President Biden today said he will nominate a border-state sheriff to be the next director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Keep Reading
USCIS is reverting in substance to prior long-standing guidance (PDF, 134.52 KB) issued in 2004, which directed officers to generally defer to prior determinations of eligibility when adjudicating extension requests involving the same parties and facts as the initial petition or application. Keep Reading
In addition, USCIS will consider a Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, or Form N-336, Request for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings (Under Section 336 of the INA). Keep Reading
Homeland Security Secretary-designate Alejandro Mayorkas participated in a virtual listening session with 20 Jewish leaders who shared their priorities for the upcoming year and ways in which they hoped to work alongside the Biden-Harris administration. Keep Reading
It took less than a half hour after the presidential election was called for President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday before Krish O’Mara Vignarajah tweeted her thoughts on what she expected from the incoming administration. Keep Reading
He criticized "a vocal and ill-informed minority" that "has clamored to paint recent DHS actions as examples of mission drift." Keep Reading
It provides guidance on fee exemption and waiver policies, new premium processing time limits, modifications to intercountry adoption processing, and other changes made by the fee rule. Keep Reading
By proposing a standard definition of “biometrics” for DHS components and authorized purposes for collecting biometrics, this proposed rule would create clear rules for using the information collected. Keep Reading
As the threat of furloughs looms, USCIS conducted a comprehensive biennial fee review and determined that current fees do not recover the cost of providing adjudication and naturalization services. Keep Reading
The ruling is being hailed as a major victory for refugee rights — and drawing calls from advocates for Ottawa to immediately and unilaterally suspend the agreement with the United States. Keep Reading
USCIS began reopening some domestic offices and resuming non-emergency services on June 4, following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines to protect our workforce and the public. Keep Reading
According to the proclamation, the restriction applies only to those who were outside of the country at the time the proclamation was signed and do not already have a valid immigrant visa or other official travel document. Keep Reading
DHS also continues to take action to protect the American people and our communities, and is considering a number of policies and procedures to improve the employment opportunities of U.S. workers during this pandemic. Keep Reading
If you become ill for any reason, regardless of whether you were exposed to COVID-19, please do not come to appointments with any USCIS office. Keep Reading
A federal judge in D.C. ruled Sunday that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully named acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, thus invalidating asylum policies he implemented while in charge of the agency. Keep Reading
New data show the number of people immigrating to Canada increased by 26% between 2015 and 2019, and is projected to rise higher as the country seeks to overcome the aging of its workforce – a serious problem in all Western nations. Keep Reading
The advocacy group said in the report that in many of the identified cases, the group found a “clear link” between the killing or harm to the reason the migrant fled the country in the first place. Keep Reading
The threat from terrorism coming to our shores has been vastly over-exaggerated and background checks already work well. Keep Reading
The new facility will house about 1,000 ICE detainees as they await the outcomes of their immigration proceedings, or their removal to their countries of origin. Keep Reading