Immigration news

The Home Office has been blasted by more than 40 human rights’ groups after introducing 24-hour GPS monitoring of people on UK immigration bail. The move, which involved no consultation process, has been described as ‘an expansion of surveillance powers’ and ‘authoritarian’.

 

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.

 

A report published by Business Insider, said: “While federal trial judges are appointed for life, making it easier to make independent decisions, US immigration judges are appointed and answer to the Attorney General.”

At the end of June, a grace period for UK immigration right to rent checks for EU citizens will expire. The Home Office recently issued new guidance ahead of changes that will come into effect in a few weeks’ time. The grace period is currently in place for citizens of the European Economic Area and Switzerland living in the UK to apply for settled status.

 

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.

 

MPs are urging UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to publish an independent assessment of the impact of ending free movement, which was promised within six months of the new UK immigration bill being passed. The current UK immigration bill was given Royal Assent on 11 November 2020, meaning that the report should have been published on 11 May 2021.

 

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.