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USCIS to Re-Open Deferred Deportation Requests

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According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency will start reopening pending cases of immigrants who applied for deportation relief. The announcement came after USCIS said it would end deferment requests and was criticized by those seeking relief for medical issues. In August, family members who previously requested relief from deportation received a letter from USCIS that […]

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End of Deferred Action

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On August 7, 2019 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stopped accepting and adjudicating requests for non-military “deferred action,” a form of temporary relief from deportation for vulnerable immigrants often facing life-threatening circumstances. This is a cruel change in policy that will undoubtedly lead to untimely deaths. I’d like to tell you about three families

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A Difficult August: Deferred Action and Public Charge Updates

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Later this week, I’ll talk about some positive things that happened for our clients, but I wanted to share some updates to US immigration policy that came out this month and have the potential to, at worst destroy lives, and at best to cause major inconvenience. End of Deferred Action for Certain Humanitarian Cases Over

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USCIS Plans to Redesign the Naturalization Civics Exam

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According to reports, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be making new changes to the Naturalization Civics Exam that immigrants must take to become U.S. citizens. The test was first issued in 1986 and later revised in 2008. In a tweet sent out on July 19th, USCIS wrote: “We’re improving the current naturalization test

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ACLU Claims Trump Administration Separated Over 900 Children from Their Families

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On July 30th, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a case in federal court regarding the more than 900 children who have been separated from their families at the U.S. border since June 2018. The filing asks the court to block the Trump Administration’s practice of separating immigrant children from their parents. Last year,

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Judge Says Trump Administration Can’t Detain Asylum-Seekers Indefinitely

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On July 2nd, a federal judge in Seattle ruled that asylum seekers have the right to a bond hearing in immigration court instead of being detained until their cases are finished. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said: “The court finds that plaintiffs have established a constitutionally-protected interest in their liberty, a right to due

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