Update 1/21/2025: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on January 17, 2025 against the DACA program, but allowed renewals to continue. At this time, nothing has changed for current DACA recipients.…
Gail SeeramJanuary 31, 2025
ICE Tracking License Plates
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has gained access to a nationwide license plate recognition database from Vigilant Solutions. …
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In this explainer we provide an overview of the context and expected impact of many of the second Trump administration’s Day 1 immigration actions in three broad categories: 1) Actions…
Gail SeeramJanuary 31, 2025
You should ASSERT YOUR RIGHTS. Carry a Know Your Rights card with you and hand it to the arresting agents. These cards are available in several languages to download and print…
Gail SeeramJanuary 31, 2025
Jan 24, 2025On Jan. 21, the Department of Homeland Security expanded its use of a process called "expedited removal," putting undocumented community members at greater risk of being put in…
Gail SeeramJanuary 31, 2025
https://youtube.com/shorts/iA61hzVaD1w?feature=share Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration over its executive order that seeks to strip certain babies born in the United States of their U.S. citizenship. The case was…
Gail SeeramJanuary 31, 2025
https://youtu.be/cz4W2takrKo On June 18, 2024, President Joe Biden announced a new program that will allow certain spouses of U.S. citizens to apply for “parole-in-place" from the Department of Homeland Security…
Gail SeeramJune 19, 2024
https://youtube.com/shorts/JNg6J9y1HfI?feature=share USCIS Filing Fees are set to increase on April 1, 2024 - the first time since 2016. With the final rule, USCIS can recover its operating costs more fully and…
Gail SeeramFebruary 29, 2024
https://youtube.com/shorts/h4ytrqSprkY Some immigration applications have a Public Charge test. An immigration officer uses this test to decide if a person is likely to depend financially on the government in the…
Gail SeeramFebruary 29, 2024
