On Tuesday, Todd Lyons, the acting director of the Boston field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), made a surprising courtroom revelation about the arrest of immigrants while they attended interviews trying to gain legal status in the US. They blamed the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field office in Lawrence, where five […]

Federal immigration authorities have reversed a recently-imposed restriction on the work permit for overseas students and graduates, known as the Optional Practical Training (OPT), which is often seen as an alternative version of the troubled H-1B US visa program. The reversal is likely to benefit outsourcing and staffing firms offering overseas employees to tech companies

On Monday, the US Army reinstated scores of immigrant reservists who enlisted in the military to get a path to citizenship. It reversed a previous decision that saw the discharge of over a hundred recruits born overseas and resulted in a lawsuit claiming many of the dismissals were made for no reason and were completely

LF Cissna, the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, says he could be about to draft a new provision that would prevent workers with H-1B US visas from replacing native-born US workers if passed by Congress. Cissna made the comments at an Immigration Newsletter conversation event on 15 August. Cissna said he would love

On Monday, President Donald Trump used an event at the White House to accuse Democrats in Congress of being in favor of open borders and festering crime as a campaign fight over the issue of immigration and the southern border of the US looms ahead of the November midterm elections. Trump told an event paying

A 20-year built-to-suit lease has been awarded to Elm Tree Funds and Trammell Crow Co with the General Services Administration, to create a new facility at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Services for use in consolidating the operations of US immigration services. The Texas Service Center of US Citizenship and Immigration Services in Irving will

A Boston federal judge is set to hear arguments in a new lawsuit that challenges the arrest of undocumented immigrants attempting to gain legal residency in the US by marrying a US citizen. The hearing, to take place on Monday, will deal with the government’s arguments in a bid to have the class action lawsuit

More than a year after the Trump administration attempted to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who came to the US while underage still do not know their ultimate fate. On Friday, US District Judge, John D. Bates, ruled that the Trump administration does not have

Around 77% of professionals waiting for a green card are from India, and the waiting time can go from 12, up to 150 years creating instability and uncertainty that can cause major problems for families. However, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is unlikely to alter the 7% country gap because doing so would likely

The US government and immigrant rights advocates have reached a broad agreement on a new plan for the reunification of hundreds more immigrant families, separated by government officials after illegally crossing over the border from Mexico. In a court filing on Thursday, lawyers for the US Department of Justice said the changes would ensure that

The complete restart of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will mean making Dreamers a priority over legal immigrants and guest workers already waiting, according to the US government. The Trump administration is attempting to head off an order from a federal judge to put back in place the program that began in