Supreme Court Seems Poised to Back Limits on Green Cards

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The justices heard arguments on whether immigrants with “temporary protected status” who entered the country illegally may apply for lawful permanent residency. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed ready on Monday to rule that immigrants allowed to stay in the United States temporarily for humanitarian reasons may not apply for green cards if they had entered the country unlawfully. The case, which could affect tens of thousands of immigrants, was brought by Jose Sanchez and Sonia Gonzalez, natives of...

01 February

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Trump expands long-standing immigration ban to include six more countries, most in Africa

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President Trump added six countries to his administration’s travel ban Friday — including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country — in a widely anticipated expansion that Democrats blasted as “clearly discriminatory” against people from predominantly black and Muslim nations. Citing national security concerns, officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department said Trump’s proclamation would bar most citizens of Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan from coming to work and live in the United States....

29 January

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Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce ‘public charge’ immigration rule

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A narrowly divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to begin enforcing a rule making it harder for poor immigrants to gain green cards. The justices in a 5-4 vote along ideological lines said they would let the controversial immigration rules go forward even as lower courts wrestle with multiple legal challenges against them. The policy in question would expand the government's ability to refuse green cards or visas for legal immigrants determined to be a...

09 January

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Here are five USCIS changes that will impact legal immigrants in the U.S. in 2020

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in New Rules, Noteworthy Developments, Visas

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The U.S. immigration system saw many changes ordered by the Trump administration during 2019, including some that will take effect in 2020. The changes by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will have a significant impact on the lives of millions of immigrants living legally in the United States. Designed to slow legal immigration and strengthen the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to enforce immigration laws, some of the changes create obstacles in the immigration process....

Supreme Court Seems Poised to Back Limits on Green Cards

Trump expands long-standing immigration ban to include six more countries, most in Africa

Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce ‘public charge’ immigration rule

Here are five USCIS changes that will impact legal immigrants in the U.S. in 2020

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