US Immigration

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On Tuesday, Todd Lyons, the acting director of the Boston field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), made a surprising courtroom revelation about the arrest of immigrants while they attended interviews trying to gain legal status in the US. They blamed the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field office in Lawrence, where five immigrants were

On Saturday, the Trump administration announced its intention to make it harder for immigrants to remain in the U.S. if they use public benefits, such as Medicaid, public housing, or food aid. The Department of Homeland Security’s proposed regulation would extend the ability of immigration officers to deny legal permanent residency or U.S. visas to immigrants if

The subject of undocumented immigrants or illegal immigrants is a very complex one in the US. It is estimated that there are millions of illegal immigrants in the US. Many lead normal lives – working, driving, and taking part in the local economy. This leads many to wonder: how can an undocumented worker or immigrant

Immigration checkpoints are stops on roadways and waterways, controlled by the border patrol in order to control traffic and flow of immigrants and visitors to and from the United States. There are immigration checkpoints along the Canadian-US border as well as along the US-Mexico border. However, the number of immigration checkpoints along the US-Mexico border

Chinese and Indian immigrants, many with work or student US visas, have now surpassed Mexicans as the biggest groups coming to the United States, US Census Bureau data has revealed. Although Mexicans still make up the overall majority of immigrants in the country, accounting for over one-quarter of all people born overseas, 147,000 of the

Obtaining a non-immigration visa for the US appears to have become more difficult for people living in the Bahamas, with the approval criteria for the B1 and B2 US visas tightened by the local US Embassy. The US Embassy’s Public Affairs Officer, Penny Rechkemmer and Vice Consul, Jason Harms discussed the issue with talk show host,

A shortage in the number of construction workers over a prolonged period has resulted in a call for immigration reform by the Associated General Contractors of America. The chief economist of the group, Kenneth D Simonson, says that while they recognize the importance of safe borders, it is also crucial for the future of the growth of

There will be some relief for the backlogged immigration courts of Houston in October when a new supervisor arrives in the form of Atlanta’s John R Doolittle II. He will take the post of Houston Immigration Court’s new assistant chief immigration judge. Last week, Doolittle was sworn in with 45 other new immigration judges in

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 circumstances, according