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Statistics show that since COVID pandemic hit in March 2020, more than 2,000 unaccompanied children have been expelled under an emergency declaration enacted by the Trump Administration, which has cited the coronavirus in refusing to provide these children the protections under federal anti-trafficking and asylum laws. For the most part, many of these children were […]

The USCIS is raising fees for a range of immigration applications. Set to be published in the federal register on Monday, the new fees will take effect on October 2. Approximately, 97% of USCIS’ budget is funded by application fees. This fee increase should not be surprising since USCIS is running out of operating income. […]

Let’s start with little good news. USCIS previously had said it would have to furlough more than 13,000 employees at the beginning of August if Congress did not provide emergency supplemental funding. USCIS has now announced that “due to recent assurances from Congress that they are working to provide USCIS with emergency funding, we are […]

Sadly, yesterday USCIS announced that it will reject all initial DACA applications and will limit the protection for those renewing their DACA applications to one year, rather than two years. The Supreme Court decision unfortunately left the door open this possibility. The Administration could have chosen the high road and help thousands of young individuals […]