…has continued to pursue this change despite the effects of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court is currently deliberating the question of whether Trump’s attempt to terminate DACA was…
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…50,000. The population declined significantly in early 2021, due primarily to restrictions at the border and the COVID-19 pandemic, providing the Biden administration an opportunity to permanently downsize ICE detention….
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…Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) decision to reverse the 2019 terminations comes at a much-needed time for people currently in the programs. However, the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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…to stay in the United States and seek asylum thanks to a lawsuit filed by the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP). During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
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…two-thirds of its staff. USCIS requested a $1.2 billion bailout from Congress this summer. The agency claims that the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent office closures wiped out most of the…
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…will still, however, be subject to embassy closures and travel restrictions. As the uncertainty regarding COVID-19 continues to unfold, many J-1 visa recipients presently in the United States are left…
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…those who seek our help. Border encounters have been increasing for months The current rise in encounters at the border began in April 2020, near the start of the COVID-19…
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…network of shelters has beds for 13,000 children, but until recently that capacity was reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To increased capacity, the agency is reopening two Trump-era “temporary…
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…grim situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Expelling Asylum Seekers From the Border The Trump administration has used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to impose a near-complete shutdown of the…
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…by immigration, but only if more people choose—and are able to—move to the United States. Though much of the downward trend is due to COVID-19, which has killed almost 1…
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