Category: Status & Protections
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This CATO Institute blog desribes the new memo on issuing Green Cards only in Consular offices overseas as quiet quitting. There are over 1.2 million green card applications at USCIS. This new procedure which doesn’t seem to be supported by law would effectively eliminate many green card applicants. There is a good chart in the…
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This article summarizes the current situation in immigration courts regarding asylum denial and acceptance rates – TRAC analysis using government data – which vary by judge. Also, in this article, a good map of the # of immigration judges by location. And shows 3.7 million backlogged cases in immigration courts.
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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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