Many families in the United States live in a frightening limbo when processing delays prevent one family member from becoming a lawful permanent resident. A lawsuit was recently filed against…
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…gets rid of the diversity visa and eliminates the sibling category for family visas, which some organizations have argued today would hurt the family-based immigration system. Additionally, it lacks protections…
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…residing in the United States—the majority of whom are foreign born and thus have firsthand knowledge of our woefully outdated immigration system. Countless Asians are caught in the family immigration…
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…record number of deportations in recent years. Eleven-year-old Eduardo Rodriguez highlighted the human cost of deportations on family values: “Kids are lonely without their parents. Our parents came here to…
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…humanitarian grounds, to ensure family unity, or it is otherwise in the public interest. To qualify for a U visa, a government official, such as a prosecutor, judge, or agency…
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…N-400). The standard fee will increase from $595 to $640 (not including the biometrics fee). A reduced fee of $320 will be charged to naturalization applicants with family income greater…
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…far beyond the single child as well—a 2014 analysis of median family income estimated that a household’s income would decrease 50 percent following the deportation of a family member, likewise…
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…unauthorized family member. This includes approximately 5.1 million U.S. citizen children under the age of 18. While most unauthorized immigrants don’t have valid Social Security numbers, many still pay federal,…
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…crimes to avoid deportation if they can show that their U.S. citizen or lawful resident family member would suffer extreme hardship if they were deported. The policy at issue—announced through…
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…“because of the person’s race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence.” It also violates Plaintiffs’ constitutionally protected rights to family, marriage, and equal protection under the law….
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