US Immigration News

A US federal judge has quashed a set of Trump-era rules that required immigrants, seeking green cards via a federal investor visa program, to invest more to be eligible. The rules, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), increased the minimum investment amount to qualify for EB5 visas from $500,000 to $900,000.

 

US President Joe Biden’s pick to lead United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is seemingly in support of birth tourism, according to a report published by the Center for Immigration Studies, which claims to be pro-immigrant, but supports lower immigration to the US.

 

The US Chamber of Commerce has launched a massive campaign to tackle a growing skills shortage in America and has urged the Biden administration and Congress to scrap the per-country quota applied to US green cards. The Chamber of Commerce recently called for the US H1B visa quota to be doubled to bring more skilled professionals into the country.

 

Former US President, Donald Trump, is set to visit America’s southern border with Mexico, joining Texas governor Greg Abbott, who recently announced that Texas will ‘build a border wall all of its own’. Trump plans to visit as Republicans attempt to put pressure on current US President, Joe Biden, over his handling of the US immigration issue.

 

A political activist from the Ivory Coast has described to the Huffington Post how black immigrants are still fighting against institutionalized racism in the US immigration system. Yacouba, who fled his country in 2018, told his story as the US celebrated ‘Juneteenth’ – a day commemorating the liberation of African Americans who had been enslaved in the US.

 

The Biden administration has expanded a program that allows legal US immigration for Central American minors. The move comes as the government continues to grapple with a surge in the number of migrant children crossing the US southern border with Mexico, illegally.   

“The expansion of the program is part of the Biden administration’s effort to find more pathways for Central Americans to migrate legally. The move could make tens of thousands of children newly eligible to participate in the program,” said US State Department spokesperson Jalina Porter.