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For many young immigrants who are now lawfully present under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative—which grants them the right to work and live in the United States for at least two years—the next question may be, when will they be able to travel outside of the United States? Depending on what guidance …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/23/will-uscis-develop-fair-humane-travel-policies-for-daca-recipients/
For the past several years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) H-1B visa review and processing procedures have caused confusion and concern among U.S. businesses that turn to highly-skilled temporary foreign workers in specialty occupations to operate successfully. In newly-uncovered documents, it appears that instead of supporting small businesses that attempt to hire highly-skilled foreign …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/13/lawsuit-uncovers-uscis-double-standards-in-h1-b-program/
In the United States, most immigration decisions impacting noncitizens are made by immigration officials in informal proceedings far from a courtroom. While the right to an attorney (at the noncitizens’ own expense) in immigration court proceedings is widely recognized, the right to counsel in administrative settings outside of a courtroom is often overlooked or explicitly …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/23/its-time-to-improve-noncitizens-access-to-counsel/
Yesterday, a diverse group of individuals and organizations filed a class action challenging Arizona’s harsh immigration enforcement law SB 1070, scheduled to go into effect on July 28, 2010. This law, among other things requires state and local law enforcement to check the immigration status of individuals it encounters, and makes it a state crime …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/05/18/class-action-challenging-arizona-law-reveals-depth-of-constitutional-rights-at-stake/
In a sudden about-face last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reversed its position on an interpretation of law which drastically increased immigrants’ vulnerability to deportation. In a brief filed on April 21, DHS urged the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to modify an existing precedent decision in a pending BIA case, Matter of …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/04/29/dhs-reverses-decision-on-deportation-time-frame/
Asylum applicants and their attorneys have long struggled to better understand how the employment authorization asylum clock (“EAD asylum clock”) functions. The clock, which measures the number of days after an applicant files an asylum application before the applicant is eligible for work authorization, affects potentially more than 50,000 asylum applicants each year. While the …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/02/12/new-report-provides-solutions-to-broken-asylum-employment-authorization-clock/
Last month, President Obama authorized the admission of 80,000 refugees into the U.S. in fiscal year 2010, something every President has done annually since passage of the Refugee Act of 1980. The United States has long recognized the importance of providing a safe haven for refugees. Beginning with laws granting refugee status to displaced persons …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/11/24/dhs-interprets-law-to-detain-refugees-across-the-country/
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