On Monday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS) announced that 8,543 individuals will have to send back their green cards, which are also known as Permanent Resident Cards, due to an error that occurred during the production process. The federal agency revealed that the cards, sent out between February and April this year, were printed […]

According to a new report by Congress on the spouse US visa, of the total number of people holding H-4 US visas in the US, 93% come from India. More than a fifth of the immigrants holding the H-4 US visas are based in California. 93% of the applications granted for employment authorization in the

A group of undocumented immigrant mothers rallied in MacArthur Park in the city of Los Angeles the day before Mother’s Day, to protest against the hardline immigration policies pursued by the Trump administration. Immigration advocacy group, Cosecha, organized the rally, which called for the administration to give permanent protection to undocumented minors in the US,

The immigration services available at Centro Hispano in Columbus recently expanded with the hiring of a new immigration lawyer, Jeremy Roose, who joins the legal team. Roose, a rural capacity building attorney who works at Immigrant Legal Center, says the center helps individuals to reunite with their families and solidify their legal status in the

On Thursday, Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said that he wishes to see a bipartisan immigration bill successfully enacted before the Congressional elections in November that would address border security issues as well as those referring to the ‘Dreamers’ and the deferred action dilemma. Ryan’s comments to a news conference were

The primary election victory of Democrat, Garry McFadden, expected to make the next Sheriff of Mecklenburg, could signal the impending end of the county’s involvement with a controversial program targeting undocumented immigrants among jail inmates. McFadden campaigned against the 287(g) program, supported by the current Sheriff, Irwin Carmichael. Mecklenburg has participated in the program since

On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers who have a more moderate stance on immigration defied the leaders of their party by making moves to force a vote in the House of Representatives over the issue. The group’s leader claimed they had enough support to succeed. The legislators want to see the House vote on several bills, including

According to a report from the Migration Policy Institute, released on Tuesday, the jail in Gwinnett County has transferred more than double the number of immigrants into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the beginning of the Trump administration. The report examined the ways in which the Trump administration has brought changes

On Tuesday, civil liberties in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire began suing the federal government to obtain immigration enforcement records to try and get a clearer view of the tactics used since the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the US at the beginning of last year. The lawsuit is targeted at the Department

With the US immigration policy a hot topic of discussion across the world, and especially in the likes of India, the Times of India has been told by Kent May, the Chief of Consular Services at the US Consulate General, that, with regards to US visas, the nation continues to welcome students who genuinely want

The Northern Oregon Regional Corrections (NORCOR) facility, in The Dalles, will no longer honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers on people brought into the jail for local charges. The NORCOR jail officially announced its change of policy in April, after settling a lawsuit with a man from Hood River, who claimed that his constitutional