The Trump administration intends to revoke the authorization to work in the US given to almost 100,000 H-4 US visa holders currently employed in the country. Around 15,000 such applications have been approved since 2010, and a new study says that removing the right to work from H-4 US visa holders will put a considerable […]

The Trump administration is to reconsider around 1,000 asylum claims from undocumented immigrant families separated at the border in a deal to end to lawsuits over the now rescinded zero-tolerance policy. Late on Wednesday, court documents revealed that the settlement was seen as a victory for immigrant rights groups who had challenged the controversial policy

In 2017, the number of people born overseas and now living in the US grew to its highest level in more than 100 hundred years, according to data from the Census Bureau, published on Thursday (September 13, 2018). The number of US residents increased to as much as 44.5 million last year, a rise of

The results of a new survey by the Southern Methodist University in conjunction with the Bipartisan Policy Center, based in Washington DC, shows a better picture of how people in Texas see immigration in comparison to the rest of the US. 68.8% of Texans are happy to welcome immigrants to the US under the right

New statistics, released on Wednesday (September 12, 2018), show that the number of members of immigrant families arrested by immigration officials for illegally entering the US increased by as much as 38%. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security have labeled the rise a ‘crisis.’ According to the latest data, almost 13,000 immigrant family members

A Virginia resident has filed a civil rights class action lawsuit against Scott Jenkins, the Sheriff of Culpeper County, alleging that he unlawfully keeps immigrants in jail after their release dates. Victor M Glasberg and Associates, and the Legal Aid Justice Center brought the lawsuit to challenge the Sheriff’s policy of honoring US Immigration and

On Tuesday (September 11th, 2018) the government announced that the space for immigrant kids traveling without an adult guardian at the immigration detention camp in Tornillo will be tripled to house up to as many as 3,800 immigrant minors. The increase marks a 20% rise in the number of beds for immigrant minors, which currently

Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General of the US, has welcomed 44 new immigration judges. The Justice Department says this is the biggest class of such judges in the history of the nation, taking place as the Trump administration continues to struggle to reunite immigrant families separated by the now-defunct zero-tolerance policy, which saw the number

Population decline in rural areas across the US is being curbed by an influx of new immigrants, a new study shows. The study examined 2,767 nationwide rural areas, including 412 Texas communities, which had shown a population decline of 11% since 1990. Center for American Progress senior analyst on immigration, Nicole Svajlenka, says that the

The number of detainees held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Knox County jail increased by as much as 300% over the average last month, as a new contract between the county and the federal government, referred to as an IGSA (intergovernmental service agreement) took effect, for which the county is paid $67

The lead prosecutor of Ramsey County will hire an immigration lawyer as part of his staff to help his office deal with several related issues, including deportation from the US. Ramsey County Attorney, John Choi, says that the new lawyer will be particularly helpful when a decision is needed on charging suspects who could be