Category: Status & Protections
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This TRAC report shows the mothly % of asylum cases granted and denied – showing that the current denial rate is 80%. TRAC is the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse which references government data (from Department of Homeland Security) for it’s reports and data summaries.
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There are over 10,000 doctors with H1B (specialty) visas and 17,000 doctors with J1 (exchange visitor) currently practicing in the U.S. The visa freeze (and delays of renewal) by USCIS is causing havoc for these doctors many of whom work in rural areas of the U.S. Read here.
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This Dallas Express article indicates that the US Department of Labor has increased its investigations into H1B visa employers (called Project Firewall) to search out fraudulent applications and non-compliance with regulation. H1B regulation intends to prevent underpayment of foreign workers and to maintain US wages. Here is the Department of Labor website about Project Firewall…
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This recent zoom, from Immigration Law and Justice Network and Women United in Faith, has two parts: Read more about Noem vs. Al Otro Lado here. Read more about RAICES vs. Noem here
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CATO Institute reports that the US now has (full or partial) visa bans on 93 countries
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This article explains that the government’s H1B database (used to reserach and analyze the employers using H1B labor) is not longer available. The article says that DHS is working to restore the database.
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This summary (at Welcome.US) describes a recent DHS memo which says ICE will arrest refugees who have been in the U.S. longer than one year who have not applied for their green card. Typically, refugees enter the U.S. after months of thorough vetting overseas and, after one year, apply for a green card which they…
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DHS Secretary admits to having detained 261 DACA recipients and deporting 86 of those. Read here
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Temporary Visas (like H1B visas) allow for “derivative status” benefits for spouses and children under 21. These benefits are controversial. Read The Dallas Express article here
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Read the explainer from the National Immigration Forum here.
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