…11, 2021. They also must have a sponsor in the United States and meet background checks and medical clearance requirements (including having a COVID-19 vaccination). To apply for this program,…
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…during the COVID-19 pandemic in the health care, farming, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. Sanchez v. Mayorkas involves complex legal arguments that rely on specific interpretations of the immigration statute and…
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…human rights abuses, crippling poverty, and lack of basic resources, which are exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.” Haiti’s TPS designation will be in effect for a period of 18 months….
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…processing delays during COVID-19. Biden also extended Deferred Enforced Departure, a temporary status that recently expired for Liberians, to provide more time for eligible Liberians to apply for permanent residence….
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…and unclear or inconsistent guidance on the availability of free phone calls to authorized legal service providers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person visits have been largely discontinued at immigration detention…
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…the employment-based categories are generally lost and can only be recovered through an act of Congress. Because of the Trump administration’s COVID-19 immigrant visa ban and the closing of U.S….
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…have been almost entirely closed to asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and work with community-based organizations on both sides of the border to encourage people to present themselves there….
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…spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of waiting for a scheduled hearing, suddenly these individuals had to wait indefinitely as the U.S. government postponed MPP hearings in response to the…
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…work to improve the integration and inclusion of immigrants into our society. Critically, these announcements do not address the COVID-19-related immigrant and non-immigrant visa bans. These continue to block thousands…
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…Demographers predict that there will be a greater decline in births following the COVID-19 pandemic. But the latest Census doesn’t reflect that potential change yet—most babies born in 2020 were…
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