Nelson A. Castillo The White House yesterday unveiled an immigration plan that provides a mechanism to naturalize approximately 1.8 million DREAMers, but would exclude approximately 10 million undocumented immigrants. It would also restrict legal immigration and eliminate the visa lottery in exchange for increasing border security and allocating $25 thousand ... Read more
On Saturday, January 20, a partial U.S. government shutdown began following the inability of Democrats and Republicans to reach an agreement to renew the budget. This means that many government agencies will be affected, as thousands of employees will be furloughed and will not be allowed to work until a ... Read more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced in the Federal Register that citizens of 83 countries are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B visa programs in 2018. The H-2A visa program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column, I explain the process for the last re-registration for Salvadorans in TPS. This is the column: Since the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador on January 8, 2018, the ... Read more
Updated information for the January 2018 Affirmative Asylum Interview Scheduling Bulletin is now available. The new tables detail the processing dates for affirmative asylum applications filed directly with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The processing times in this ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will again process applications for renewal of DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - in compliance with federal Judge William Alsup's order issued last week. USCIS communicated last night on its website that it has resumed accepting DACA petitions, ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column, I answer the question of an undocumented person who wants to know what to do if immigration agents arrive at his or her place of employment. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here I provide a general answer to your questions. Please consult ... Read more
Folks, check out my next Facebook Live for La Prensa Grafica de El Salvador this Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. PT, 3:00 p.m. CT and 4:00 p.m. ET. The cancellation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and DACA, the detention of undocumented immigrants in ICE operations over the course of this year, and ... Read more
Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California last night issued an order blocking the cancellation of DACA - the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program - repealed by President Donald Trump's administration last year. In a ruling outlined in a document from ... Read more
What was so feared has happened. The U.S. government will cancel the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for El Salvador. The decision means that approximately 200,000 Salvadorans currently covered by TPS will lose the right to live and work legally in the United States and will be subject to deportation if they do not ... Read more
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