Library of Congress Will No Longer Use Phrase ‘Illegal Alien’
August 22, 2016
The term “illegal alien” has been a part of the American lexicon for decades. While the phrase was first established by the Library of Congress in 1980 (as“aliens, illegal”), in 1993, it was revised to “illegal aliens” in 1993. Since then, however, political correctness has seemed to trigger a fading reliance on this phrase. And […]
El Salvadorians Can Apply for an Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
August 16, 2016
One of the latest nations from Central America to be granted a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension from Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson is El Salvador. This essentially gives El Salvador’s nationals (as well as those who last resided in that nation) an additional 18 months of extended stay in the U.S., even if their visas […]
Waiting on a Visa Petition But Not Eligible to Adjust Status? I-601a Available Now!
August 5, 2016
Finally, more than one year after publishing a proposed rule to expand eligibility for I-601A provisional waivers of inadmissibility due to the “3 and 10-year bar” for accrual of unlawful presence in the US, the DHS has made the rule final. On August 29, 2016, USCIS will begin accepting I-601A Applications for Provisional Waiver of […]
Advocates Push to Improve California Detainment Standards for Immigrants
July 31, 2016
Most Americans think refugees and foreign nationals seeking asylum in America get the red carpet treatment. Well, in a lot of cases, that couldn’t be further than the truth. Because instead of walking on a red carpet a lot of times asylum seekers find themselves staring at red lines on the floor of privately run […]
Changing Immigration Status via Marriage
July 22, 2016
Marriage is one of the avenues to obtaining citizenship in the U.S. Because of this, it's not uncommon for people to try to fake a marital union in an effort to naturalize in America. Sensitive to this potential for fraud, officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have devised a number of practices - […]
Relatives of Filipino War Veterans May Seek Early Admission To The U.S.
June 30, 2016
Effective June 8, 2016, the USCIS is accepting requests for “parole,” a form of special entry to the US, on behalf of the relatives of certain Filipino World War II Veterans. When granted parole, eligible family members will be permitted to reunite with their family members in the US; years before they would otherwise be […]
