US Immigration News

The US Supreme Court has blocked the Biden administration from implementing a US immigration policy that prioritizes the deportation of migrants arriving illegally in the US who pose a significant risk to public safety. The recent order means that, for now, the policy remains frozen across the United States.

 

A US appeals court has ruled that a federal law making it a crime to ‘encourage or incite’ non-US citizens to enter and live in the USA illegally is ‘unconstitutional’ because it could hinder free speech. 

 

Days after thousands of protestors stormed the Sri Lankan presidential palace, the country’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has attempted to flee. However, his efforts to secure a US visa and seek sanctuary in a host of other countries have so far been thwarted. The exact whereabouts of the Sri Lankan President are currently unknown.

 

Israel has taken another step towards inclusion in the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) after Israeli and US officials signed a final bilateral agreement needed to implement the VWP.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Joe Biden can end a controversial Trump-era US immigration policy. Biden has being trying to scrap the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy since the start of his administration. The controversial scheme forces certain non-Mexican citizens who entered the US back to Mexico.

 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is under pressure to issue 280,000 employment-based visas before the end of the fiscal year. A record surplus of green cards available this year means that immigration officials face a race against time to issue all available green cards.