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Biden’s Order Aiming To End Use Of Private Prisons Excludes Immigrant Detention Facilities

Immigration and Customs Enforcement rely heavily on detention facilities run by for-profit companies. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER signed by President Joe Biden on Tuesday aiming to end the use of private prisons by the Justice Department…

January 28, 2021 |

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Congress & Federal Laws
- Biden Immigration Plan: Undocumented Farmworkers Could Apply For Green Cards Immediately
  
  January 22, 2021 |
  
  Undocumented farmworkers could qualify to apply for green cards immediately under the immigration legislation that President Joe Biden unveiled on…
- Latin American Immigrants Could Face Visa Backlog Under Proposed Changes In Congress
- Merit-Based Legal Immigration is Reform We Can All Get Behind
- Trump’s New Citizenship Test Is Full of Conservative Bias—And Dotted With Mistakes
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Politics
- Factbox: What Biden Plans To Do Next On Immigration This Week
  
  January 27, 2021 |
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected on Friday to issue executive orders on asylum resettlement and reunification…
- Biden Open To Breaking His Immigration Bill Into Pieces
- Trump Agreements Seek To Tie Biden’s Hands On Immigration
- Pardons May Have Revealed Insincerity Of Trump Immigration Policies
- Biden Immigration Bill Would Provide More Protections For Child Migrants
Economics
- Google To Pay DACA Fees For Hundreds As Programs Face Legal Threats
  
  January 14, 2021 |
  
  Google’s philanthropic arm plans to spend nearly $250,000 to cover application fees for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as…
- Business Immigration: What 2021 Will Bring For Foreign Entrepreneurs In The U.S.
- Trump Immigration Policies Have Negative Impact on Economy
- The Economics of Prioritizing Family Ties in U.S. Immigration Policy
- Want to Defeat Coronavirus Protect Legal Immigration
Federal Enforcement
- Biden’s Order Aiming To End Use Of Private Prisons Excludes Immigrant Detention Facilities
  
  January 28, 2021 |
  
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement rely heavily on detention facilities run by for-profit companies. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER signed by President Joe…
- New Gwinnett Sheriff Ends Controversial Immigration Program
- A Trump Immigration Policy Is Leaving Families Hungry
- Mental-Health Expert Outlines Trauma Migrant Children Face When Separated From Families
- ICE plans to target undocumented immigrants who didn’t voluntarily leave the US
- Immigration Enforcement Nets More than 125 Arrests, Nearly 100 in LA Area
Court News
- Biden Administration Replaces Top Immigration Court Official
  
  January 28, 2021 |
  
  The Biden administration on Wednesday made its first move to set the nation’s immigration courts in a new direction, announcing…
- Justice Department Officially Rescinds Policy That Led To Family Separations
  
  January 27, 2021 |
  
  The Justice Department formally rescinded the Trump administration’s controversial “zero tolerance” policy that called for the criminal prosecution of adults…
- Factbox: U.S. President-Elect Biden Pledged To Change Immigration. Here’s How
  
  January 15, 2021 |
  
  (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has promised a quick and dramatic reversal of the restrictive immigration policies put in…
- H1B Visa System Modified By US Immigration Agency
  
  January 12, 2021 |
  
  The H1B visa system has been modified following the announcement of a final rule by United States Citizenship and Immigration…
- Judge Blocks Dramatic Overhaul Of U.S. Asylum System From Taking Effect
  
  January 11, 2021 |
  
  (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge in California on Friday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that…
- First New DACA Applications Approved In Final Weeks Of 2020
  
  January 7, 2021 |
  
  The U.S. government says it has approved the first new applicants in several years to the Obama-era Deferred Action for…
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State & Local Laws
- A Maryland Immigrant Hoped To Delay His Deportation Until Biden Took Office. It Didn’t Work.
  
  December 7, 2020 |
  
  Edgar Diaz-Palma was driving to a local bakery last month to buy breakfast for his children when a black, unmarked…
- The Unseen Plight of Undocumented Workers in the US During the Pandemic
  
  December 7, 2020 |
  
  The United States marked another grim milestone this week, reporting a record 2,921 deaths due to COVID-19 on Thursday. The…
- Activists Organizing Vehicle Caravan To Call For Immigration Reform, Suspension Of Deportations
  
  December 4, 2020 |
  
  Biden administration won’t be allowed to “kick the can down the road” when it comes to legalization promises, organizer says…
- USCIS Offices Preparing to Reopen on June 4
  
  April 28, 2020 |
  
  On March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services temporarily suspended in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices, and application…
- DHS and USDA Move to Protect American Farmers and Ensure Continued Flow of America’s Food Supply
  
  April 23, 2020 |
  
  WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security, with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced a temporary…
- Immigrants and citizens: We are all in the COVID crisis together
  
  April 13, 2020 |
  
  That doctor in rural Minnesota planning for what her team will do when the first coronavirus patient shows up at…

Biden Immigration Plan: Undocumented Farmworkers Could Apply For Green Cards Immediately

Latin American Immigrants Could Face Visa Backlog Under Proposed Changes In Congress

Merit-Based Legal Immigration is Reform We Can All Get Behind

Trump’s New Citizenship Test Is Full of Conservative Bias—And Dotted With Mistakes

Aspiring Americans Face Tougher Citizenship Test

Biden’s Order Aiming To End Use Of Private Prisons Excludes Immigrant Detention Facilities

New Gwinnett Sheriff Ends Controversial Immigration Program

A Trump Immigration Policy Is Leaving Families Hungry

Mental-Health Expert Outlines Trauma Migrant Children Face When Separated From Families

ICE plans to target undocumented immigrants who didn’t voluntarily leave the US

Biden Administration Replaces Top Immigration Court Official

Justice Department Officially Rescinds Policy That Led To Family Separations

Factbox: U.S. President-Elect Biden Pledged To Change Immigration. Here’s How

H1B Visa System Modified By US Immigration Agency

Judge Blocks Dramatic Overhaul Of U.S. Asylum System From Taking Effect

A Maryland Immigrant Hoped To Delay His Deportation Until Biden Took Office. It Didn’t Work.

The Unseen Plight of Undocumented Workers in the US During the Pandemic

Activists Organizing Vehicle Caravan To Call For Immigration Reform, Suspension Of Deportations

USCIS Offices Preparing to Reopen on June 4

DHS and USDA Move to Protect American Farmers and Ensure Continued Flow of America’s Food Supply

Factbox: What Biden Plans To Do Next On Immigration This Week

Biden Open To Breaking His Immigration Bill Into Pieces

Trump Agreements Seek To Tie Biden’s Hands On Immigration

Pardons May Have Revealed Insincerity Of Trump Immigration Policies

Biden Immigration Bill Would Provide More Protections For Child Migrants

Google To Pay DACA Fees For Hundreds As Programs Face Legal Threats

Business Immigration: What 2021 Will Bring For Foreign Entrepreneurs In The U.S.

Trump Immigration Policies Have Negative Impact on Economy

The Economics of Prioritizing Family Ties in U.S. Immigration Policy

Want to Defeat Coronavirus Protect Legal Immigration

First Lady Jill Biden Expected To Take Active Role In Immigrant Family Reunification

Veteran Activists Campaign For Biden’s Immigration Reform

Migrant Advocates Angered After Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Deportation Moratorium

Asylum Seekers At US-Mexico Border See Hope In Biden Administration Immigration Changes

Immigrants Cheered By Possible Citizenship Path Under Biden

Biden’s Order Aiming To End Use Of Private Prisons Excludes Immigrant Detention Facilities