A Trump-era US immigration policy that made it harder for immigrants fleeing violence to qualify for asylum – mostly from Central America – has been ended by the Biden administration.
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new US immigration policy that will allow access to US work permits and deportation relief to some immigrants who are crime victims while their US visa cases are pending. The new policy will see a process created that could allow tens of thousands of U visa applicants to apply for work permits.
America’s 500 US immigration judges have spoken out over feeling overworked and under political pressure to deport as backlogged cases reach more than 1.3 million. Since the end of Donald Trump’s time as US President, the backlog of US immigration cases has increased, while those crossing into the US at the southern border with Mexico continues to rise.
The Biden administration has said that it will rescind a 2018, Trump-era US visa policy, which allowed US immigration officers to reject visa applications without first issuing a notice of intent to deny an applicant, a decision that will help to reduce barriers to legal immigration, according to campaigners.
Amid a growing skills shortage across computer-related jobs, US employers are turning to immigrant talent to fill the gaps, according to a new study. Research group New American Economy (NAE) found that for every unemployed computer or math worker in America in 2020, there were more than seven job postings for a computer-related occupation.
Kamala Harris’ first international trip as US Vice President sparked a major backlash from Republicans who accused her of not taking the US immigration ‘crisis’ at the southern border with Mexico seriously. Harris returned from a visit to Guatemala and Mexico on June 9.