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More than a million could die waiting for green cards as US immigration buckles amid COVID

WASHINGTON — Milap Kashipara spent 16 years waiting for a green card that he hoped would lead to better opportunities for his three children than in India, as well as a chance to reunite with his siblings in California.

Los Angeles Times

US moves to slash long waits for Ukrainians, other newcomers who want permission to work

PHILADELPHIA — The federal government has issued a six-paragraph notice that portends a potentially huge improvement for Ukrainians fleeing to this country — cutting their wait for work permits by months.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Welcome to come, but not to work. Ukrainians fleeing war can’t get job permits in the US

PHILADELPHIA — Liliia Kravtsova fled the Ukrainian seaport city of Odesa as bombs exploded and people died, leaving behind her law practice and seeking safety in the United States.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Afghans in US immigration limbo watch Ukrainians breeze through

Thousands of at-risk Afghans continue to wait for their humanitarian parole and visa applications to progress.

Al Jazeera

Immigration agency backlog weighs on congressional offices

WASHINGTON — Immigration lawyer Diana Baurele spent weeks getting bounced around the bureaucracy of a U.S. immigration agency as she tried to renew work authorization documents for a home health care worker.

Tribune News Service

Thousands of Lawsuits Have Been Filed Over Wait Times, Backlogs at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

While staffing up may alleviate the bottleneck, no amount of employees can keep the country's bad immigration system from working as designed.

Reason

Immigration agency backlog weighs on congressional offices - Roll Call

Member offices have fielded a growing pile of requests for help to speed their cases through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Roll Call

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Immigration agency taps community leaders to promote citizenship

Eight citizenship ambassadors will receive training to promote green card holders to apply for naturalization.

Roll Call

Biden bets on new asylum rule to tame chaos at southern border

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is counting on a rule change to speed up asylum decisions at the southern border and help ward off the turmoil expected to come if a measure that limits those claims is allowed to expire.

Tribune News Service

Republican bid to nix asylum policy falls short in Senate - Roll Call

GOP senators fell short on a push to repeal a policy that’d overhaul how migrants’ asylum claims are processed after they cross the border.

Roll Call

U.S. Supreme Court declines to stop deportation of Indian citizen

Pankajkumar Patel had claimed to be American on driver’s license application

The Hindu

The Feds Wasted 66,000 Green Cards in the Middle of a Worker Shortage

The immigration bureaucracy is worsening one of the tightest labor markets in recent American history.

Reason

‘Here we are beggars’: Afghan refugees languish in Madagascar

A small group of Afghan refugees say they are trapped on African island nation without health care, education or work.

Al Jazeera

U.S. unveils rule to speed up asylum processing and deportations at border

The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out a sweeping new regulation that aims to speed up asylum processing and deportations at the U.S.-Mexico border, amid a record number of migrants seeking to enter the United States.

Reuters

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Tribune News Service

Inmigrantes con asilo pausan sus vidas a la espera de la tarjeta verde

WASHINGTON— Muhammad, miembro de un grupo minoritario que es perseguido en Pakistán, sueña con convertirse en abogado —concretamente en abogado de inmigración— para poder ayudar a personas como él.

Tribune News Service

Immigrants with asylum put lives on hold over green card waits

WASHINGTON — Muhammad, a member of a minority group persecuted in Pakistan, dreams of becoming a lawyer — specifically, an immigration lawyer so he can help people like himself.

Roll Call

Immigrants with asylum put lives on hold over green card waits - Roll Call

The green card wait for applicants filed by people with asylum ranges from 25 to 52 months - or more than four years.

Tribune News Service

New guidance released to shore up juvenile immigrant program

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will consider granting deferred action to minors awaiting green cards through their Special Immigrant Juvenile Status but who can’t obtain a visa because of existing backlogs.

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Reuters

U.S. adopts rules easing path to green cards for abused, neglected minors

U.S. immigration authorities released new policies on Monday that will make it easier for immigrant minors who are victims of parental abuse and neglect to qualify for green cards, finalizing changes first proposed more than a decade ago.

Roll Call

New guidance released to shore up juvenile immigrant program - Roll Call

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration rules would make it easier for immigrant minors who have been abused or neglected to obtain green cards.

Al Jazeera

‘Feeling of betrayal’: Afghans await US response on parole

Thousands of Afghans remain stranded, with few signs of action by US President Joe Biden’s administration.

Reason

Stop Messing With the Immigration Mission Statement and Start Letting More People In

Joe Biden is just the latest president to tinker with USCIS's mission statement. Watch his deeds, not his words.

Tribune News Service

Immigration agency aims to ‘welcome’ in new mission statement

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services unveiled a new mission statement Wednesday that calls the U.S. a “nation of welcome,” nearly four years after the Trump administration deleted “nation of immigrants” from the agency’s motto.

Roll Call

Immigration agency aims to 'welcome' in new mission statement - Roll Call

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services update reflects shift from Trump-era label that removed 'nation of immigrants' description.

Tribune News Service

Immigration agency extends work permit validity

WASHINGTON — Refugees and those granted asylum may now renew their work permits in two-year increments rather than having to renew annually, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Monday in an effort to address lengthy processing delays.

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