April 2025 » ImmigrationUSA

Form I-130

Marriage Green Card Process Tightened on Multiple Immigration Forms

The United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) quietly tightened the marriage green card process on multiple immigration forms. The changes significantly affect the application process for marriage-based green cards. Compliance with each form’s updates will be mandatory after a specific date. In total, the USCIS updated three forms pertaining

April 4, 2025

Trump Immigration Policy

Concerns Grow Among International Employees and Students Amid Deportations

International employers in the tech industry and universities are facing growing concerns over the vulnerability of their international employees and students due to the increase of removals by the Trump administration. Tech companies have begun telling employees on visas not to leave the U.S. due to non-citizens being denied reentry.

April 3, 2025

ICE

ICE Accused of Violating Noncitizens’ Civil Rights

Immigration activists accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of violating the civil rights of noncitizens they arrested during the first weeks of President Trump’s second term. The arrests occurred in Chicago and involved twenty-two people, one of whom is a U.S. citizen. This accusation is part of the latest

April 3, 2025

CHNV parole program

CHNV Termination Affects Major GOP Voter Base

The recent termination of the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could affect a major GOP voter base. Cuban American Republicans, who’ve been some the President’s most vocal supporters, could soon find themselves subjected to the very immigration enforcement efforts

April 2, 2025

TPS

Judge Rules Venezuelans Can Temporarily Keep TPS Protections

A federal judge temporarily halted the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end TPS protections for thousands of Venezuelans living in the United States. The judge argued that such a move, which would affect three hundred thousand temporary protection status (TPS) holders living the United States, simply

April 2, 2025

DHS

DHS Oversight Offices Dismantled

As part of a broader reduction in force across the federal government, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had multiple oversight offices dismantled. Specifically, the DHS clarified that the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and the Office of the Citizenship

April 2, 2025