Biden Proposes Citizenship Path for Undocumented Immigrants

Biden Proposes Citizenship Path for Undocumented Immigrants

Editorial credit: Consolidated News Photos / Shutterstock.com By Jordan Andrews | MSN President Biden called for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the US, including those who arrived during his administration. He emphasized the need for documentation and immigration reform, particularly for young DREAMers. Biden said, “Now, it doesn’t address everything I’d like […]

Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade

Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade

WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is releasing end of fiscal year (FY) 2023 data that illustrate the agency’s progress in meeting its strategic priorities. The USCIS workforce has worked tirelessly over the past year to uphold America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility by reducing backlogs, improving customer experience, addressing […]

Labor Shortage Can Be Fixed by Letting Asylum Seekers Get Work Permits Sooner, Business Leaders Say

Labor Shortage Can Be Fixed by Letting Asylum Seekers Get Work Permits Sooner, Business Leaders Say

When asylum seekers come to the United States, they want to work—but an outdated immigration statute is making that more difficult than it needs to be. After filing an asylum application, asylum seekers must wait an agonizing six months before they can receive a work permit. This makes their already vulnerable position even worse and […]

New Report Reveals Systemic Barriers for Haitian Refugees Seeking Employment and Stability in the U.S.

New Report Reveals Systemic Barriers for Haitian Refugees Seeking Employment and Stability in the U.S.

Editorial credit: naTsumi / Shutterstock.com Research shows systemic flaws, documents a legacy of racist immigration practices, makes recommendations for equitable treatment for all asylum seekers NEW YORK: Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees and TakeRoot Justice released a new report, “Humanitarian Parole Crisis: How Racist Policies and Practices Deny Haitian Refugees Work Authorization.” The report finds that U.S. immigration policies and practices create barriers for Haitian refugees by granting them […]

Anne Williams-Isom on Life at the Center of the Storm

Anne Williams-Isom on Life at the Center of the Storm

By Annie McDonough | November 13, 2023 Inside midtown Manhattan’s grandly appointed Roosevelt Hotel – New York City’s central intake center for migrants – sit rows and rows of chairs. Lightly padded, a couple steps more comfortable than a plastic folding chair, they’re lined up under the chandelier in the hotel’s sprawling lobby. And on […]

Scams Pretending to be Immigration Agencies: How to Protect Yourself

Scams Pretending to be Immigration Agencies: How to Protect Yourself

By Rommel H. Ojeda | November 9, 2023 Fraudulent emails and messages have circulated social media, masquerading as communications from federal immigration agencies, that falsely promise migrants legal representation for obtaining a Green Card in exchange for a small fee. Scammers specifically target Spanish-speaking, migrant New Yorkers who are in the process of adjusting their […]

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Editorial credit: Ruben2533 / Shutterstock.com By Will Freeman | October 5, 2023 What’s the scale of the current migrant crisis in New York City? The city typically receives tens of thousands of new arrivals each year. But since spring 2022, numbers have been rising especially quickly. More than 118,000 migrants and asylum seekers, most of […]

‘There is no more room in New York’: Mayor Adams takes Mexico

‘There is no more room in New York’: Mayor Adams takes Mexico

By Joe Anuta | October 5, 2023 The New York City mayor is on a four-day whirlwind trip through Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia, including the dangerous Darién Gap. MEXICO CITY — Joe Biden’s loudest Democratic critic on immigration is taking his message south of the border. After repeatedly blasting President Joe Biden over his handling of […]

New York’s Eric Adams: White House is ‘wrong’ on Migrant Asylum Issue

New York’s Eric Adams: White House is ‘wrong’ on Migrant Asylum Issue

By Rafael Bernal | October 4, 2023 New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said Tuesday the White House is “wrong on immigration,” reviving a line of criticism that’s become an ongoing rift between him and the Biden administration. In an interview with Semafor’s Ben Smith, Adams praised the Biden administration on other issues but […]

New Board of Immigration Appeals Decision Sets Roadblock for Cubans, Others Seeking Green Cards

New Board of Immigration Appeals Decision Sets Roadblock for Cubans, Others Seeking Green Cards

By Emma Winger | September 28, 2023 A recent Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision bars certain recently arrived noncitizens from becoming lawful permanent residents. In Matter of Cabrera-Fernandez, the BIA held that the petitioner had not been paroled into the United States when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released him from immigration detention. Without parole he […]

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