Alina Hernandez, Tulane University, Dec. 5, 2023 "A new report co-authored by Tulane Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic shows that more than 100,000 abused or abandoned immigrant youths are in limbo as a backlog in cases for youth hoping to apply for green...
USCIS, Nov. 8, 2023 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with Casa Libre/Freedom House v. Mayorkas. The district court in Casa Libre issued a Declaratory Judgment stating that...
The End SIJS Backlog Coalition (a project of the National Immigration Project) and Tulane Law School’s Immigrant Rights Clinic "Date & Time: Dec 4, 2023 11:00 AM in Mountain Time (US and Canada) Description: The End SIJS Backlog Coalition ...
CHRCL, Aug. 8, 2023 via stakeholder email : "In March 2022, the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law--with the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) (Los Angeles and Washington DC), Legal Services for Children, La Raza Centro Legal, Inc., and...
ILCR, Mar. 30, 2023 "In this resource – updated to reflect significant changes to the Visa Bulletin that will impact special immigrant juveniles beginning in April 2023 – we discuss the visa backlog for youth applying for a green card through special immigrant...
End SIJS Backlog Coalition, Mar. 24, 2023 "On March 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of State (“State Department”) released the April 2023 Visa Bulletin, in which it announced significant changes to the way certain employment-based visas are allocated...
Moreno Galvez v. Jaddou "United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) administers the Special Immigrant Juveniles (“SIJ”) program, which provides certain immigrant juveniles a pathway to lawful permanent residence status. Federal law requires...
CHRCL, Oct. 31, 2022 - " U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ISSUES ORDER IN CASA LIBRE V. MAYORKAS (NO. 22-01510) RE CLAIMS FOR TIMELY ADJUDICATION OF SIJ PETITIONS AND PROMPT ISSUANCE OF WORK PERMITS On March 7, 2022, on behalf of several...
NIPNLG, May 16, 2022 Frequently Asked Questions About USCIS’s SIJS Deferred Action Policy Publication of the End SIJS Backlog Coalition, https://www.sijsbacklog.com/, 2022. This FAQ is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License...
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 8, 2022 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the requirements and procedures for juveniles seeking classification as a Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) and related...
USCIS Announces Policies to Better Protect Immigrant Children Who Have Been Abused, Neglected, or Abandoned : "United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced new policies that will provide better protection to immigrant children...
USCIS: Notice of Proposed Settlement W.A.O. v. Jaddou, No. 2:19-cv-11696 (D.N.J.) "W.A.O. v. Jaddou is a class action that was filed in federal court in New Jersey in 2019. A class action is a lawsuit filed on behalf of a large group of people, rather than...
An email message dated Feb. 17, 2022 from The Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) : "PLEASE READ for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases - Visa Bulletin Retrogression Good morning Pro Bono Attorneys, The March 2022 Visa Bulletin is...
USCIS, Nov. 30, 2021 "Notice of Final Class Action Settlement in A.O. et al. v Jaddou, et al., No. 19-cv-6151 (N.D. Cal) This webpage is intended to notify you of the final class settlement in A.O. et al. v Jaddou, et al., No. 19-cv-6151 (N.D. Cal...
USCIS, Aug. 26, 2021 "This webpage is intended to notify you of the proposed class settlement in A.O. et al. v Jaddou, et al., No. 19-cv-6151 (N.D. Cal) . For more details, you may access the proposed settlement agreement (PDF, 2.03 MB) (PDF, 1.91 MB) ....