"Mexico is helping some of its citizens apply for a controversial immigration program in the U.S. called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Since the Obama administration created the program in 2012, more than 580,000 unauthorized immigrants...
"...This is a gray area, like so many things in immigration law, because there is no clear rule on the issue and, believe it or not, different government agencies have taken different stances on the issue over time, and of course, no one approach is clearly...
" An investment in citizenship and reduction of naturalization fees will strengthen our democracy and will keep the United States economically competitive globally, a group of researchers and immigrant advocates said on a national media call today. A new...
"[C]andidates are required to dole out an application fee of $465. Aware of the financial challenge this poses, one Houston nonprofit, Protectors of the Dream, announced on Tuesday its intention to award grants to cover the application fee for 10 to 25 lucky...
"The Obama administration's new plan to grant temporary work permits to many young, [unauthorized] immigrants who otherwise could be deported may cost more than $585 million and require hiring hundreds of new federal employees to process more than 1 million...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/29/2021 "The Department of State (Department) proposes adjustments to the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (Schedule of Fees) of the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA) for several...
CLINIC v. EOIR "The court stays the effective date of the final rule, Executive Office for Immigration Review; Fee Review, 85 Fed. Reg. 82,750 (Dec. 18, 2020), as to the following fees pending final adjudication of this action: (1) The $975 fee attached...
EOIR PM 21-10 (Dec. 18, 2020) - Memorialize and update Executive Office for Immigration Review policy regarding biennial fee reviews, fees, and fee waivers...This Policy Memorandum (PM) supersedes and replaces Operating Policies and Procedures Memoranda (OPPM)...
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 244 / Friday, December 18, 2020 "On February 28, 2020, the Department of Justice (“the Department” or “DOJ”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM” or “proposed rule”) that would increase the fees for those Executive...
NWIRP v. USCIS "[T]he Court will GRANT Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. ... [and] because the Court concludes that Wolf acted without authority when he approved the Final Rule and later attempted to ratify that action and McAleenan’s issuance...
ILRC v. Wolf "For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and a stay of the effective date of the Final Rule. Accordingly, 1. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. section 705 the Court STAYS implementation and the effective...
On Sept. 9, 2020 Angelo A. Paparelli , on behalf of ABIL , filed this amicus brief in ILRC v. Wolf. Angelo writes: "The brief attacks as unlawful under the Homeland Security Act any expenditures by USCIS from the Immigration Examinations Fee Account for non...
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 149 / Monday, August 3, 2020 "This final rule adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). It also removes certain fee exemptions, changes...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 01/24/2020 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces the reopening and extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule titled “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2019 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending the comment period for its November 14, 2019, notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM or ‘‘proposed rule’’) regarding the USCIS Fee Schedule...