McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Immigration cases currently have the biggest backlog in U.S. history, new data shows. There were 1.59 million pending cases as of the start of the New Year, the largest in U.S. history, according to Transactional…
WASHINGTON — Last June, the San Francisco Immigration Court quietly tested a new idea: Fast-track the cases of immigrants whose mail wasn’t reaching them. In the trial run, 80% of the immigrants scheduled were ordered deported for not showing up.…
COVINGTON, Ky. — Following a three-day jury trial in federal court, an Alexandria, Kentucky, couple was convicted of harboring undocumented workers. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky Carlton S. Shier, IV, and HSI Nashville Special Agent in Charge…
(CNN) – The US immigration court backlog reached nearly 1.6 million cases last year, with cases climbing more rapidly between October and December, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks immigration court data. The backlog is almost…
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Young undocumented professionals and essential workers haven’t lost hope that a trimmer version of the Build Back Better Act will give them legal status in 2022. But just in case, they’re preparing to identify…
Federal courts are now wrestling with the underpinnings of an immigration law provision and whether or not it is racist. A federal judge in Nevada ruled that Section 1326, a law making it a felony to reenter the United States…
Sam Kunjummen expected the process to bring his wife’s parents from India to their home in Apple Valley was going to be fairly straightforward. The IR-5 visa they are seeking, reserved for the parents of U.S. citizens, is supposed to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration effort to reunite children and parents who were separated under President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance border policy has made increasing progress as it nears the end of its first year. The Department of Homeland Security…
The number of H-2B visas will increase by 20,000, including 6,500 for Central America and Haiti, as migration spikes. The United States is expanding its guest worker programme with an additional 20,000 visas available for seasonal, non-agricultural guest workers, as…
The Biden administration has faced an uphill battle trying to end the policy, which forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are processed in the U.S. A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a renewed attempt by…
