US Immigration News

In May, President Trump announced a new immigration policy that will prioritize employment and skills-based immigration over family-based immigration. Under the administration’s new plan, high-skilled immigrants like scientists and engineers will now have priority over visa applicants who have been sponsored by family living the U.S. The White House says the latest immigration plan will utilize a “points-based […]

Since 2018, at least seven children have died while they were in immigration custody. For more than ten years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had not reported the death of any children in their custody. But the seven deaths have raised concerns regarding the conditions at the facilities these children are forced to stay in.

On May 6th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced it would roll out a new program that lets local law enforcement officers make arrests and temporarily detain immigrants on behalf of the agency. The new program would allow officers to make such arrests even if local policies prevent them from doing so. According to a

According to the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website, more than a million people have used online tools to apply for immigration benefits. This number is a major milestone for immigration authorities who are now beginning to embrace the ways digital technologies can streamline the agency’s operations. In fact, online tools have helped to reduce wait times

USCIS is feeling extra experimental these days. From cutting of liaison inquiries to forcing InfoPass appointments to go through a phone call vetting system to conducting more and more interviews, USCIS customers and immigration attorneys hardly know what to expect when appearing for an interview. One of the latest changes deals with how Naturalization interviews

Yes, we could focus on all of the negative news surrounding immigration – from the recent government shutdown over the wall to legislation (that failed) to take away children’s rights to apply for asylum if they were born in Central America to the decline of service at USCIS…but not today. Sometimes I get tired of

Happy New Year! We’ve talked before about USCIS and how their customer service has declined over the past year or so…and the trend continues for 2019, sadly. Starting on February 4, 2019, you will not be able to self-schedule an InfoPass appointment in Atlanta. Instead, you will need to call the National Customer Service Center (1-800-375-5283), explain your problem,