Category: Trump Administration
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What does the future look like for the H-1B Visa Program?
What does the future look like for the H-1B Visa Program? Recent reports from the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) show that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is denying H-1B visa petitions at higher rates than ever. NFAP reports show in 2015 H-1B visas were being denied at a rate of 6%. This…
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World Day of Migrants and Refugees ends a busy Month for Immigration News
“World Day of Migrants and Refugees” ends a busy month of September for Immigration News Sunday 29th of September marked the Vatican’s “World Day of Migrants and Refugees”. Over 100 years on from the first day it was instituted by Pope Pius X in 1914, it would appear to have been celebrated in years past…
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Texas Tent Courts take the strain of Immigration Case Backlog
Migrant Protection Protocol Program Cases heard in Texas Tent Courts With president Trump’s latest victory in the Supreme court having delivered yet another blow to U.S. asylum seekers, there are even more concerns close to the border. Having this week won the Supreme Court Justice’s decision to allow the Trump administration rule that prevents migrants…
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Trump’s Immigration Reforms, Summer 2019
Reflections on Trump’s relentless pursuit for Immigration reform President Trump’s recent “Safe third country asylum agreement” is clearly just one further bullet point on the Whitehouse’s growing bucket list for reducing immigration into the U.S. With the latest changes to Public Charge rules and its definition, which will again tighten ‘eligibility’ for those potential immigrants…
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Immigrants Credit Histories will now affect Immigration Status
Trump Administration Rule will now look at immigrant’s Credit Histories Earlier this month the Trump administration implemented comprehensive changes to U.S. immigration policy including an initiative to allow the Government to consider the credit history of prospective immigrants The rule change will effectively make it more difficult for prospective U.S. immigrants and legal immigrants to…