US Immigration News

The Biden administration has instructed US immigration officials to use more inclusive language to refer to non-US citizens after scrapping the use of the word ‘aliens’. The move comes as part of wider White House efforts to take a more welcoming approach toward immigrants and eradicate Donald Trump’s controversial immigration stance.

In a memo issued by the acting head of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Tracy Renaud, she instructed officials to overhaul the language used in official documentation, outreach efforts and other communications dir

The US Embassy in Croatia has reportedly confirmed that the Balkan nation has officially been accepted into the US visa waiver scheme. After meeting the US visa refusal rate criteria, Total Croatia News reported that Croatian nationals will be free to travel to the US without a visa later this year.

Meeting the refusal rate criteria was the last stipulation set by the US before welcoming Croatia into the visa waiver scheme.

Plans to increase fees in US immigration proceedings that sought to deport immigrants – many of whom have lived in the US for years – have been blocked by a federal court. The fee increase rule was originally set to be implemented on January 19 under the Trump administration and would have seen costs rise by as much as 800%.

 

Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, has described Biden administration plans to ban US domestic travel as ‘contradictory’ to recent US immigration executive orders. The 46th US President recently lifted the Muslim travel ban imposed by Trump, allowing citizens of several Muslim-majority nations to travel to the US, but is reportedly planning a domestic travel ban.

 

According to Canadian news publication Globe and Mail, the US immigration documentation of immigrants leaving China for the United States is potentially under surveillance by Beijing. The news outlet in Canada claims that Chinese police own a company that gathers data on people applying for visas for several countries, including the United States.

 

US President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel construction of the US border wall with Mexico has been welcomed by Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who described it as ‘good decision.’ Biden recently announced that his administration would be developing a US visa system for Mexican and Central American migrants.