DHS Announces 22,000 Additional H-2B Visas
DHS announced a supplemental increase of 22,000 visas for the H-2B visa program. The additional visas will be made available in the coming months via a…
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U.S. prolongs migration accord for disaster-hit countries.
Earlier this week, the federal government agreed to prolong Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras and Nepal. TPS status…
DHS Announces Finalization of Asylum Cooperative Agreement with Honduras
On Friday, DHS announced that the United States and Honduras have concluded the implementation accords for the Asylum Cooperative Agreement, under which certain migrants requesting asylum or…
El Salvador Police Officers Convicted of Killing Trans Woman Who Had Been Deported from U.S.
Camila Díaz Córdova was deported from the United States despite telling U.S. asylum officers that she feared for her life in her home country. After…
DHS has extended TPS documentation for 6 countries in compliance with a district court injunction.
The DHS announced Friday that the validity of TPS documentation of recipients from 6 countries has been extended through January 4, 2021. The six countries affected…
Jeff Sessions further curtails Due Process of Foreign Nationals
DOJ announced that Attorney General Jeff Sessions notified all U.S. Attorney’s Offices along the southwest border of a new “zero-tolerance policy” for offenses under 8 U.S.C.…
Court reverses Asylum Denial
Court Reverses BIA’s Determination That Salvadoran Petitioner Failed to Show Persecution on Account of Her Family Membership The Fourth Circuit granted the petition for review and…
From El Salvador and did not receive your TPS?
USCIS updated its El Salvador Temporary Protected Status (TPS) webpage with a note indicating that, as of late September 2015, USCIS had approximately 6,000 El…
Denial of CATS upheld even with Tattoos
The Ninth Circuit upheld the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of the petitioner’s application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), finding…
MSNBC: Hunger-Striking Immigrant Moms and Kids Allege Retaliationel
MSNBC reports that lawyers and advocacy groups are alleging that women and children who are holding a hunger strike at an immigrant family detention center…
BIA Finds Respondent Removable for Participation in Acts of Torture and Extrajudicial Killing
In a precedent decision, the BIA found respondent removable, where killing of civilians and acts of torture occurred during his command of the Salvadoran National…
TPS for El Salvador coming up! Don’t delay
USCIS posted a reminder that Monday, March 9, 2015, is the deadline for current El Salvador Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries to re-register for the…