IMMIGRATION NEWS
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U.S. President Donald Trump has assured immigrants brought illegally into the US as children to “rest easy” without fear of being targeted for deportation by his administration.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Trump his administration’s top priority for deportation is…
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The Australian government has unveiled new rules that will make it much harder to become a naturalized citizen of the country if adopted.
Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull on Thursday proposed the new measures, which include having would-be citizens to live in the country for at least four years…
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USCIS to Issue Re-Designed High-Tech Green Cards and Employment Authorization Cards Starting May 1st
In an effort to deter document tampering and fraud, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday announced that it will begin issuing newly re-designed Green Cards (Permanent Resident Cards) and Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) starting May 1st, 2017.
“These redesigns…
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at tightening the H1-B visa program, a program that US employers use to hire high-skilled foreign workers in technical fields.
The 'Buy American, Hire American' executive order, signed by Trump at the Kenosha, Wisconsin…
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The Maryland state Senate on Monday night failed to advance a bill that prohibited the state’s law enforcement agencies from assisting federal immigration officers without a judicial warrant.
House Bill 1362, also known as “Trust Bill”, if it had become law, would have barred law enforcement,…
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U.S. Immigration agents are planning to deport about 4,000 Somali nationals from the United States, Somalia’s ambassador says.
"We learned through immigration sources that the total number of the Somalis that are in the books of [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to be removed are close to…
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday said it has received the 65,000 cap of H1-B visa applications for fiscal year 2018, less than a week after the filling period began.
Congress mandates a 65,000 visa cap for H1-B visa program, a program that allows American…
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The California State Assembly on Thursday passed a bill that prohibits law enforcement agencies from detaining for immigration purposes undocumented immigrants who are victims or witnesses of crime.
Bill AB493, sponsored by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, aims to allow immigrants to cooperate with…
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US Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Wednesday said there are plans to apply stricter screening procedures to foreigners visiting the United States.
Kerry, in a testimony in the US Senate, said the vetting would include visitors being asked to provide passwords to their social…
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Baltimore County (Maryland) Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Wednesday signed an executive order that bars the county’s police officers from detaining people solely based on suspicion of their immigration status and/or inability to speak English.
The order also states that police officers in the county…
