“Listening” Over Turkey 2017
Each year at Thanksgiving, Immigration Impact publishes a post about how to “talk turkey” on immigration. We’ve done it for several years to provide our readers with tips on how…
Read MorePosted by Beth Werlin | Nov 21, 2017 | Immigration 101
Each year at Thanksgiving, Immigration Impact publishes a post about how to “talk turkey” on immigration. We’ve done it for several years to provide our readers with tips on how…
Read MorePosted by Wendy Feliz | Aug 25, 2017 | DACA/DAPA, Featured, Waivers and Relief from Deportation
There is strong speculation that in the coming days President Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. If the administration chooses to do so, there are…
Read MorePosted by Tory Johnson | Feb 7, 2018 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement, State and Local
…immigration enforcement at courthouses. While this guidance is new, the practice is not. ICE’s presence and arrests at courthouses have prompted public outcry from judges, public officials and community members,…
Read MorePosted by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jul 30, 2020 | Benefits & Relief, How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101
…which went into effect in February after the Supreme Court stepped in, has restricted the ability of low-income immigrants to obtain green cards. But it’s also sent fear through immigrant…
Read MorePosted by Katy Murdza | Sep 15, 2020 | Abuses, Detention, Enforcement
…Some of her white colleagues were allowed paid sick time while their COVID tests were pending while she was required to work. How do these complaints compare with past reports?…
Read MorePosted by Leslie Dellon | Apr 17, 2020 | Business & the Workforce, Employment Based, High Skilled
…The agency misinterprets the term “specific specialty” in the law that defines “specialty occupation.” USCIS misinterprets the word “normally” in the first regulatory test. In applying the first regulatory test,…
Read MorePosted by Walter Ewing | Mar 5, 2019 | Business & the Workforce, High Skilled
…worker’s professional knowledge or subject matter expertise. The data set used in the report comes from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)—an English-language test of literacy,…
Read MorePosted by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Dec 11, 2018 | Benefits & Relief, How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101
On Monday night, the 60–day comment period for the Trump administration’s proposed public charge regulation drew to a close. More than 210,000 comments were submitted, with the majority of publicly…
Read MorePosted by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jun 5, 2024 | Asylum, Border Enforcement, Enforcement, How the Immigration System Works, Humanitarian Protection, Immigration 101
…above 2,500, it goes back into effect. Neither the suspension of entry nor the regulation impact asylum seekers coming to the U.S. using the CBP One app at ports of…
Read MorePosted by Rich Andre | Apr 14, 2022 | Changing Culture, Diversity & Inclusion
…policy challenges through the Office of New Americans (ONA) State Network. Perhaps the greatest test of the ONA State Network came with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020….
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