Category: Status & Protections
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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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The Dallas Express newspaper published this article with the # of H1B visas by employer.
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Read this Travel Ban Explainer by Immigration Monitor (a credible guide to global immigration). This lists countries with full and partial travel bans that affect various kinds of immigration and non-immigration visas – and the rationale for restricting travel and visas from these countries. Some exceptions make be available for some people with these reasons:…
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Here’s an AI summary of the Border Act of 2024. The Border Act of 2024 (S. 4361), negotiated by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), was a proposed bipartisan bill that aimed to significantly reform the U.S. immigration and asylum systems. It was not enacted into law, as it failed to pass…
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A recent NPR podcast shares these statistics about U.S. doctors: So far, the U.S. government has not agreed to waive the new $100,000 application fee for new H1B visas for doctors. Listen (4 minutes) or read here.
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The U.S. government expects to issue over 500,000 H2A (temporary unskilled agricultural) visas this year which is a 119,000 increase over the 420,000 annual average. The administration has lowered the state-specific wage rate for H2A visa-holders and has allowed growers to charge workers for housing (when in the past the government required that the grower…
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The Dallas Express explains vetting deficiencies for Afghan nationals coming to the U.S. during Operation Allies Welcome after evacuating Afghanistan in 2021. Read the article here.
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USAFacts provides this overview of how long it takes to become a US citizen based on different visa categories.
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