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A backlog in cases of abused or abandoned young immigrants seeking green cards has more than doubled in the last two years, according to a new analysis of federal data by advocacy groups that was ...
A new Cato Institute report reveals that just 3 percent of those who have applied for green cards will get permanent status in the U.S. in FY 2024.
A spokesperson for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services acknowledged the backlog in processing applications but did not respond to specific questions about the number of Central Valley ...
Currently there are 3.6 million cases pending before immigration judges, the largest number of such cases in the history of the American immigration system. That is a 44% increase from the 2.5 ...
The bill proposed amending the Immigration and Nationality Act's Section 245, which concerns adjustment of status—the process by which a noncitizen already in the United States can acquire lawful permanent residency, commonly known as "green card" status, without having to travel abroad and receive an immigrant visa from a US consular post ...
The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act or 'Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act or Immigration Visa Efficiency and Security Act is proposed United States federal legislation that would reform U.S. immigration policy, primarily by removing per-country limitations on employment-based visas, increasing the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and ...
In fiscal 2023, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency charged with enforcing our immigration laws in the interior of the country, was only able to remove 142,580 (11 percent) of the ...
Immigrants who want a permanent residency are granted a green card (immigrant visa), which allows for someone to work legally, travel abroad and return, bring children and spouse, and become eligible for citizenship. [26] About one million green cards are granted annually. In 2019, 13.7% of foreign-born residents populated the United States. [27]