MALDEF filed a complaint on behalf of six U.S. citizens who were denied federal stimulus checks because they filed joint tax returns with spouses who use an Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) to pay taxes. A U.S. citizen from Illinois also filed a class action suit against the administration, alleging that the denial of stimulus checks to U.S. citizens married to immigrants who don’t hold Social Security numbers violates his constitutional rights.
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DHS published a notice in the Federal Register containing the text of the Asylum Cooperative Agreement between the United States and Honduras, which was signed on September 25, 2019.
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DOS announced that starting June 1, 2020, the National Visa Center (NVC) will no longer accept or respond to inquiries through mail. Any unsolicited mail postmarked June 1, 2020, or later will not receive a response and will be destroyed. All inquiries will need to be submitted through the NVC’s Public Inquiry Form.
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The DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that, with the decommissioning of the iCERT System, the publishing of application processing times has been transitioned to the FLAG System website.
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USCIS announced that U.S. service members and veterans can now file Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, online.
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Last week, USCIS announced that for certain types of requests and notices issued between March 1 and July 1, 2020, inclusive, USCIS will consider responses received within 60 calendar days after the response due date set in the request or notice before taking any action. DHS announced that beginning May 1, 2020, Form I-9 List B identity documents set to expire on or after March 1, 2020, and not otherwise extended by the issuing authority, may be treated the same as if the employee presented a valid receipt for an acceptable document for Form I-9 purposes. DOS announced that starting June 1, 2020, the National Visa Center will no longer accept or respond to inquiries through mail, and all inquiries will need to be submitted through the online Public Inquiry Form.
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CNN reports that the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General is reviewing the Trump administration’s decision to keep the nation’s immigration courts open while COVID-19 swept through the United States. EOIR came under criticism from immigration judges, attorneys, and ICE prosecutors for proceeding with immigration hearings despite social distancing guidelines and shelter-in-place orders
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According to Guatemala’s health minister, flights arriving with deportees from the U.S. have increased the amount of confirmed cases of COVID-19. In one flight, 50-75% of deportees tested positive for the coronavirus. Additionally, the U.S. has allegedly been noncompliant with a request to have only 25 passengers per plane. As a result, Guatemala has expanded COVID-19 testing of those deportee arrivals.
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