The Latest Breaking News from US Citizenship and Immigration Services

The parole program was created in October of 2022 for Venezuelans, but it was extended in January of 2023 to include Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sat with Morning Edition to discuss the president's approach to migrant arrivals and where he feels the strategy has worked.

Facing a budget crunch, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is planning to raise the cost of applications. Attorneys say it could make green cards harder to obtain for working class immigrants.

Extending humanitarian parole helps encourage legal migration.

In sharp contrast to the sclerotic traditional refugee admissions program, the new private refugee sponsorship program enables Ukrainians fleeing war and repression to enter the US quickly and relatively easily. As a participating sponsor myself, I have firsthand knowledge of its effectiveness.

Citizens of El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti and three other nations will get relief from US deportation until mid-2024.

A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced the final version of its long-awaited U.S. asylum overhaul Thursday, aiming to speed up processing at the border and alleviate backlogs throughout the country's immigration courts.