eCornell "Immigration will be a key issue in 2025. Everyone agrees that we have a broken immigration system, but people disagree on the solutions. Congress is paralyzed. Presidents try executive...
Prof. Kevin Shih, Sept. 17, 2024 "This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Trade NAFTA (TN) classification program, which was established in 1994 under the North American Free Trade Agreement...
Fritznel D. Octave, Haitian Times, Oct. 10, 2024 "Ermite Obtenu was delighted to return to the United States on Sept. 30, two months after being unjustly deported to Haiti. The young Haitian woman’s...
Mike Murrell, Michigan Public, Oct. 10, 2024 "Ibrahim Parlak will remain in the United States after two decades of legal battles. The Harbert, Michigan, restaurant owner no longer faces the threat...
Cyrus Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Oct. 11, 2024 "On September 25, 2024, USCIS announced that it had updated guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) age for noncitizens who...
Nancy Guan, WUSF, Sept. 19, 2024
"Maria and her family arrived in the U.S. in December of 2021 — the tail end of a year where encounters at the southern border reached record highs. Many of them, like her, fled a mix of violence, poverty and political instability, risking their lives to come to the U.S. to apply for asylum. The protection allows them to stay in the country and opens up a pathway to citizenship. But a large number of asylum seekers may not receive it or at least wait years not knowing what the outcome will be. Over a million individuals are waiting for their day in immigration court, stuck in a historic backlog. But that uncertainty, at least, comes with hope – something Maria didn’t have in Venezuela."