Nelson A. Castillo The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) warned that a series of problems in the issuance of employment authorization cards is hurting Hondurans and Nicaraguans under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and will continue to affect Salvadorans under TPS as well ... Read more
Yesterday I participated in a conference call hosted by Alejandro Mayorkas, the Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). During this telephone meeting, which was attended by stakeholders from across the country, Mr. Mayorkas outlined what the priorities and goals of USCIS will be during 2011. The ... Read more
Republican Senators David Vitter (Louisiana) and Rand Paul (Kentucky) on Thursday introduced a proposal in the U.S. Senate to amend the U.S. Constitution to deny citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants born in the country. The initiative seeks to annul the right of automatic citizenship to children born in this country, unless they are ... Read more
The number of petitions for H-1B visas has reached the statutory limit for fiscal year 2011. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that Wednesday, January 26, 2011 was the deadline to receive petitions for H-1B visas, which allow U.S. employers to temporarily hire U.S. workers to work in the U.S. in the U.S. for the first ... Read more
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama expressed the need to address "once and for all," the issue of illegal immigration. He called on Democrats and Republicans to reach a fair and political agreement. The president said he is prepared to work with members of both parties to protect the nation's borders, ... Read more
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it has created a new center aimed at increasing the number of audits of large companies in order to identify undocumented workers. The Employment Compliance Inspection Center (ECIC) will be staffed by a team of professionals who will be responsible for ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of State have identified 53 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs in the coming year. The H-2A program ... Read more
California Assemblyman Gil Cedillo on Tuesday introduced two bills in the lower house that would provide scholarships and financial aid to undocumented students who want to attend college in this state. Cedillo introduced a similar bill in 2006, when he was a state senator. Although the initiative was approved by the ... Read more
Yesterday, the manner in which Mexican citizens must apply for non-immigrant visas to the United States changed. To explain what the changes consist of, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico has coordinated a webchat with visa consuls for next Wednesday, January 12, starting at 4:00 pm. The dialogue will be live at ... Read more
At a press conference held today, Wednesday, January 5, coordinated to coincide with the first day of the new federal Congress, five Republican lawmakers introduced two proposals that seek to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. One measure proposes the creation of a new definition of state citizenship, in addition to national citizenship, that would exclude babies born in ... Read more
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