Supreme Court Rebuffs Activists, Reinstates Ban on Encouraging Illegals to Stay in US
BY MATTHEW VADUM The Supreme Court unanimously resurrected a federal law struck down by an appeals court that made it a felony to encourage people to come to or stay illegally in the United States. The May 7 ruling was a dramatic victory for the Trump administration, which had urged the high court to reverse a 2018 ruling […]
Report: Trump Preparing To Limit Temporary Workers Into The US
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . President Donald Trump may prohibit some temporary workers from entering the U.S. in an executive order later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Trump’s anticipated order, much like his recent immigration ban, is meant to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus while protecting U.S. workers amid a […]
Court Denies Trump’s Bid To Block Immigrants Who Can’t Afford Health Care
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . An appeals court on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s request to allow for a ban on immigrants who don’t have health care or otherwise cannot afford health care expenses. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the White House’s motion for a stay of a court order that prevents […]
Trump Says He’ll Suspend Issuing Green Cards for 60 Days
BY JACK PHILLIPS President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his upcoming executive order suspending new immigration will apply to people seeking green cards while workers entering the United States on a temporary basis won’t be affected. The ban on new green card issuances will last for 60 days, he said during a briefing on the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) […]
POLITICS | Trump’s Public Charge Rule For Immigrants Officially Goes Into Effect Following Supreme Court Victories
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER , The Trump administration officially implemented its public charge rule for foreign nationals seeking permanent status, following two key victories in the nation’s highest court. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday put into effect the administration’s new public charge rule, which takes into account a foreign national’s past […]
California still expanding benefits to some immigrants, despite Trump public charge rule
BY YESENIA AMARO Despite the U.S. Supreme Court siding with the Trump administration in a recent ruling on a controversial rule about undocumented immigrants who use public benefits, California this year expanded benefits to immigrant residents. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled to allow the Trump administration to proceed with the public charge rule. The […]
Supreme Court Allows Trump To Enforce Rule Barring Green Cards For Migrants Using Social Services
KEVIN DALEY SUPREME COURT CORRESPONDENT The Supreme Court Monday allowed the Trump administration to enforce a new rule that will deny green cards to foreign nationals who use taxpayer-funded social services, lifting lower court injunctions that blocked the change. The 5-4 vote followed familiar ideological lines, with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, […]
California lawmakers agree to health benefits for immigrants
By Adam Beam SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will become the first state in the country to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits as the solidly liberal state continues to distance itself from President Donald Trump’s administration. Democrats in the state Legislature reached an agreement Sunday afternoon […]
Republicans Really Do Love Immigrants
Republicans Really Do Love Immigrants I was going to write a column today about why President Trump is on his way to re-election by a wide margin. I was ready for liberals to scoff at my prediction. Then, suddenly days ago, Politico- the DC web site devoted to politics- featured a shocking headline, “How Trump is on […]
USCIS Makes Two More Applications Available for Online Filing
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that applicants can now complete and file Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship, and Form N-600K, Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate Under Section 322 online. “One of the major burdens to both benefit seekers and the agency’s adjudicators is the costly, time […]
