The U.S. Defense Department is sending 5,200 armed active duty troops to the southern border to provide "mission enhancing capabilities". A total of 800 soldiers are already en route on Monday (October 29, 2018) and the remainder of the troops would be at the southwest border by the end of the week. The deployed troops will join the more than 2,000 members of the National Guard already providing assistance at the border now.
Forms Direct Inc., an immigration forms supplier, agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $2.2 million Monday October 15, 2018 to settle claims that the company falsely implied it was connected with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Applicants for the DV–2020 DV program must submit entries electronically at dvlottery.state.gov between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT–4), Wednesday, October 3, 2018, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT–5), Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Only one entry per person will be allowed and no late entries or paper entries will be accepted during the registration period. Individuals with more than one entry will be disqualified. Incomplete entries will not be accepted. Applicants can submit the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form (E–DV Entry Form or DS– 5501), online at dvlottery.state.gov. There is no cost to register for the DV Program. After...
On his first day on the job on the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh took a position in favor of a 1996 immigration law that allows the government to indefinitely detain immigrants who committed minor crimes at any point in time, including years or decades later, without bail hearings. Neil Gorsuch, meanwhile, cautioned against government overreach. A decision in the case is expected next June.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the agency will celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, observed on Sept. 17, with over 260 naturalization ceremonies across the country. Approximately, 45,000 lawful permanent residents will become America’s newest citizens during the annual commemoration honoring the signing of the U.S. Constitution 231 years ago on Sept. 17, 1787. View the list of 2018 Constitution Week naturalization ceremonies. USCIS has experienced a sustained 25 percent increase in the number of naturalization applications over the last two fiscal years on average. In FY 2017 USCIS naturalized more than 716,000 individuals. USCIS is on pace...
On September 11, 2018, USCIS began applying a new policy to allow the USCIS adjudicators discretion to deny a request for an immigration benefit without first issuing a Request for Evidence (RFE) or a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID). The new policy will allow for USCIS to deny an application or petition without giving the applicant or petitioner the opportunity to correct a simple filing error. USCIS will also deny a benefit if any of the required initial evidence is missing from the filing. Prior USCIS policy limited an adjudicator’s ability to deny a case without first giving the...
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas – Brownsville Division on Friday, August 31, 2018, issued an unexpected reprieve for the DACA program which will continue to operate for now. The decision was issued almost exactly a year after President Donald Trump opted to end the DACA program. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen decided not to issue a ruling that would have immediately blocked DACA's continuation. Texas and the other plaintiff states were asking the court to halt the operation of DACA, a program that has been ongoing for more than six (6) years. Judge Hansen...
Judge John D. Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order in NAACP v. Trump on Friday August 18, 2018 that partially stays its original order for the full restoration of the DACA program as to new DACA applications and applications for advance parole, but not as to renewal applications. The order simply means that no new DACA applications and applications for advance parole will be accepted by USCIS for processing, but renewal applications can continue to be submitted for adjudication.
WASHINGTON –The Internal Revenue Service today (August 22, 2018 ) announced a new format for individual tax transcripts that will redact personally identifiable information from the Form 1040 series to better protect taxpayer data. This new transcript replaces the previous format and will be the default format available via Get Transcript Online, Get Transcript by Mail or the Transcript Delivery System for tax professionals as of September 23, 2018. Financial entries will remain visible, which will give taxpayers and third-parties the data they need for tax preparation or income verification.
The U.S. Army has halted the purge of foreign born soldiers who were recruited through a program known as Military Accessions Vital to National Interest ( MAVNI) that offers citizenship to skilled immigrants in exchange for military service. The recent expulsion policy that abruptly discharged dozens of recruits from the Service is the Army’s effort to curtail a program that its leaders say poses a security risk. The Army ordered the halt to the discharges in a memorandum dated July 20, 2018 after a handful of the discharged recruits sued in federal court, prompting widespread media coverage of the purge...
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