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Trump Wasted So Much Money Harassing Immigrants that USCIS Needs a Bailout

Leave a Comment / Immigration, Immigration health insurance, Public charge, Trump / Raquel Michelena

Trump Wasted So Much Money Harassing Immigrants that USCIS Needs a Bailout For three years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — the federal agency that processes visas, work permits and naturalizations — has lectured immigrants about how they should become more self-sufficient. It has alleged, without evidence, that too many immigrants are on the […]

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PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING WORK VISASe

Leave a Comment / H-1B visa, Immigration, Immigration policies, Trump / Raquel Michelena

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING WORK VISAS On Monday June 22, 2020, President Trump extended and expanded his April 2020 immigration ban to now include new work visas in addition to family visas. The new order bars hundreds of thousands of foreigners from seeking employment in the United States, as part of a

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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Petitions

Leave a Comment / Immigration / Raquel Michelena

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Petitions U.S. Citizenship and Immigration is resuming premium processing for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, in phases over the next month. Effective June 1, 2020, USCIS will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for all eligible Form I-140 petitions. Effective June 8, USCIS will accept premium processing requests for: H-1B petitions filed before June

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7th Circuit Blocks Feds From Enforcing Public-Charge Immigration Rule in Illinois

Leave a Comment / Immigration / Raquel Michelena

7th Circuit Blocks Feds From Enforcing Public-Charge Immigration Rule in Illinois CHICAGO (CN) — A Seventh Circuit panel Wednesday upheld a decision blocking enforcement in Illinois of a Trump administration policy that adds barriers for immigrants seeking green cards if they rely on public benefits, food stamps or housing vouchers. The 2–1 decision from the appeals

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USCIS Preparing to Resume Public Services

Leave a Comment / Immigration, Immigration cases, USCIS interview, USCIS office closure / Raquel Michelena

USCIS Preparing to Resume Public Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is preparing some domestic offices to reopen and resume non-emergency public services on or after June 4. On March 18, USCIS temporarily suspended routine in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices and application support centers (ASCs) to help slow the spread of coronavirus

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USCIS-ITServe Settlement Overturns 10 Years Of H-1B Visa Policies

Leave a Comment / H-1B visa, Immigration policies, Trump / Raquel Michelena

USCIS-ITServe Settlement Overturns 10 Years Of H-1B Visa Policies U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has agreed to a settlement with the business group ITServe Alliance that overturns 10 years of policies restricting employers and H-1B visa holders. The settlement follows a pivotal March 10, 2020, District Court opinion that repudiated key USCIS actions and a May

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H-1B Workers: Worth Their Weight in Innovation

Leave a Comment / H-1B visa, Immigration, Trump / Raquel Michelena

H-1B Workers: Worth Their Weight in Innovation The Trump Administration is reportedly working on an executive order to ban the issuance of new H-1B visas. His order is expected to be issued before the end of this month. His order would be quite a negative blow to the U.S. economy and hit American economic innovation the hardest.

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DHS begins collecting DNA from undocumented immigrants.

Leave a Comment / Deportation, Immigration, Immigration policies / Raquel Michelena

DHS begins collecting DNA from undocumented immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security is inching toward implementation of a decades-old law directing it to collect DNA from the undocumented immigrants arrested by its officers. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has started a small pilot project in Dallas to collect DNA samples of undocumented immigrants who are

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Filing For Unemployment? Legal Immigrants Are Afraid.

Leave a Comment / Coronavirus, Immigration, Immigration policies, Public charge / Raquel Michelena

Filing For Unemployment? Legal Immigrants Are Afraid This year got off to a busy start for Raquel and Alex. After almost two years together, they got married. Raquel was training for a new job at an immigration law firm in Atlanta. Alex was in a new job in sales. When the coronavirus hit, they found

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What the Coronavirus Stimulus Package Means for Legal and Illegal Immigrants

Leave a Comment / Coronavirus, Covid-19, Immigration, Immigration cases, Immigration policies / Raquel Michelena

What the Coronavirus Stimulus Package Means for Legal and Illegal Immigrants The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) — a $2 trillion stimulus package to provide financial relief to individuals, families, and businesses — was signed into law. The 2020 coronavirus stimulus delivers relief through a range of measures, including an advanced tax

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