US Immigration News

Two new studies claim that US immigration is beneficial for health care funding. Research released by bipartisan group New American Economy, found that immigrants contribute more to Medicare and private insurance than is spent on them. The two new reports analyzed immigrants and health care finances at a time when immigration remains a hot political issue.

 

The US immigration cases of families arriving at the US southern border with Mexico will be fast-tracked in immigration courts, the Biden administration has announced. Under the plans, families stopped at the border could be placed in expedited proceedings aimed at determining whether they can stay in America. 

 

Recent US visa sanctions imposed on Ethiopia over atrocities in the Tigray region have been protested in Addis Ababa, with thousands gathering in the African country’s capital recently. Protestors at the rally criticized the United States and others in the international community who are voicing concerns over the violence in Tigray.

 

Ethiopian forces are currently hunting down the Tigray region’s ousted and now fugitive leaders, with troops from neighboring Eritrea joining forces with Ethiopia’s government, ignoring calls from world leaders to withdraw.

US President Joe Biden wants to make moving to America ‘cheaper and easier’ by overhauling the US immigration system, according to a New York Times report. A 46-page document titled ‘DHS Plan to Restore Trust in Our Legal Immigration System’ outlines plans to reverse many of former US President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies.

 

Joe Biden’s nominee to lead United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said she is targeting a huge reduction of the ever-increasing US visa backlog. Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a nomination meeting recently, Ur Jaddou, vowed to ‘reduce US visa backlogs and ensure the long-term solvency of the beleaguered USCIS’.

 

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is set to travel to Costa Rica on June 1 – 2 to meet with the President of the Central American country, Carlos Alvarado, to discuss US immigration issues. Blinken will also reportedly meet with representatives of Mexico, the Dominican Republic and other Central American nations on immigration matters.