Nelson A. Castillo Now that a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, pressure must be applied to get the proposal improved and passed. In my "Consulta Migratoria" column this week published online by several impreMedia publications including LaOpinión.com, I explain how to do it. Here is my column: The ... Read more
A bipartisan group of Senators, known as the "Gang of 8″ introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the U.S. Senate early this morning. The bill is entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744). The bill is entitled ''Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act'' (S. 744). Read more
More than 488,782 requests for deferred action have been submitted since the USCIS opened the deadline to initiate the process. According to figures provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), this government agency has received a total of 488,782 requests between August 15 and March 31, 2013. Of that figure, the USCIS has ... Read more
Millions of immigrants come to the United States in search of a better life than they have in their home countries. Their goal is to work and improve their quality of life. But to achieve this, they need to have legal status that allows them to work in the country. Although there are visas that allow temporary stays, the best option is to build a legal ... Read more
A few days ago I reported that H-1B visas sold out in less than a week. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) this is the first time this has happened since 2008. USCIS received approximately 124,000 applications within 4 days. The agency already conducted the lottery to select ... Read more
Yesterday I was in Washington, DC participating in the rally in support of comprehensive immigration reform. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people participated in the event where we heard speeches from community leaders and personalities from the artistic, political and union world. Among the people who participated and that I had the opportunity to see and ... Read more
This week in my column "Consulta Migratoria" published online by several impreMedia publications including LaOpinión.com, I explain the process that Hondurans and Nicaraguans must follow to re-register for TPS. Here is the column: Last week the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Hondurans and ... Read more
The H-1B visas available for fiscal year 2014 sold out in just 4 days. As I reported to you last month, the April 1st deadline to file applications was to open and due to the high demand, I predicted that they would sell out in the first few weeks. But it was quicker than that. ... Read more
Yesterday I reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had decided to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Honduras and Nicaragua. Today DHS published an official notice in the Federal Register for each country and provided instructions on how to ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has temporarily suspended the processing of most Forms I-129 used for H-2B petitions for temporary nonagricultural workers. H-2B visas are used to bring foreign nationals to the United States for a limited period ... Read more
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