US Immigration News

Hispanic groups are campaigning for President Obama to grant access to Obamacare health insurance, for a group of Hispanic immigrants known as 'Dreamers.'

The dreamers are a group of hundreds of thousands of young adults who were brought to the US illegally by their parents. They were granted temporary legal immigration status by Obama in 2012, under his 'deferred action' initiative.

'Dozens' of migrants have been released from an immigration facility in Artesia, New Mexico, according to the local Mayor.

In an interview with Associated Press, Artesia Mayor Phillip Burch said that 68 detainees had been released from the centre, and around 14 of these were deported back to Central America.

The Artesia Family Residential Centre houses women and children from Central America, who have fled their native countries and crossed the border into the US illegally.

An Arab activist faces deportation from the US, after failing to tell immigration officers about a conviction relating to a fatal terrorist bombing in Jerusalem in 1969, which killed two people.

Rasmeih Odeh, associate director of the Arab American Action Network launched an appeal, which was dismissed by the federal judge in Chicago last week. She is charged with immigration fraud.

Asian migrants are driving a resurgence in immigration to the US, with the largest increase in newcomers since before the recession.

High numbers of Chinese students and skilled workers from India are now moving to the US, with the cap on H-1B visa applications being reached in less than a week this year.

Hispanic immigration is also increasing, after slowing down in the past few years due to lack of job opportunities, especially in construction. Many Hispanic workers returned home during this period.

The annual US Diversity Immigrant Visa program's (DV-2016) application period started on 1st October.

Also known as the 'Green Card Lottery,' introduced in 1990, main purpose is to increase immigration to the US from countries with traditionally low immigration rates. 50,000 applicants are selected at random by computer.

New York City will, this week, join a growing list of US cities who are challenging US immigration policy.

A forthcoming New York City bill if brought into law would mean that New York would no longer be required to hand over inmates who are illegal immigrants to the federal authorities, unless a warrant was issued by a federal judge.

Even if a warrant has been issued, the New York Police Department would only be obliged to hand over immigrants who had previously been convicted of a violent or serious crime, or those who were suspected of terrorism.