By Hannah Havemann | Published November 5, 2019 | Posted in Immigration Law, Immigration Law News, Visas | Tagged Tags: immigrant visa, Immigration, immigration law, immigration policies | Comments Off on Judge Blocks New Health Insurance Rule For Immigrants
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Judge Blocks New Health Insurance Rule For Immigrants
A federal District Court judge in Oregon has blocked a rule that would’ve gone into effect on November 3rd, which would have severely limited visa applications to the United States. The new rule would have made it so anyone who wanted to obtain a United States visa would have needed health insurance within 30 days Read More
Read MoreCongress Launches Inquiry Into Immigration Delays
Over the past two years, the processing time for immigration applications at the United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) has spiked 46%, with a current backlog of more than 2.4 million applications and petitions. Wait times have ballooned to more than a year on average. And now, the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration Read More
Read MoreFederal Judges Block Implementation of the Public Charge Rule
Last week federal judges in three states issued temporary injunctions against the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule. The injunctions prevented the rule from taking effect on October 15th. As explained in an earlier blog post, the administration’s implementation of the public charge rule would have prevented many more undocumented persons from receiving admission to the Read More
Read MoreFederal Agents Accused of Using Marriage Interviews as an “Immigration Trap”
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is pursuing a series of complaints that immigration officials illegally detained immigrants following marriage interviews for permanent residency. These interviews are a part of obtaining a “green card” for a citizen’s immigrant spouse, which allows a non-citizen to stay in the United States legally. However, just after the finish Read More
Read MoreJudge Reverses USCIS Decision on Special Immigrant Juvenile Visas
A United States District Court judge has reversed a decision by United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) that denied several immigrants access to Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS). The suit, filed by five young adults as a class action suit, is in response to a policy change, made in 2018, which effectively precluded immigrants Read More
Read MoreSupreme Court Allows Enforcement of New Asylum Rule
A new rule put into place by the Trump Administration has been allowed to come into effect thanks to the Supreme Court, putting a new limit on people seeking asylum through the U.S.-Mexico border. By a 7-2 vote, with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissenting, the court decided that the new asylum rule Read More
Read MoreWhat to Know About the New Public Charge Rule
On August 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule related to public charge in applying for admission to the United States. The new rule will be in effect on October 15, 2019. Although many organizations have begun to file lawsuits challenging the legality of the rule, it is important to Read More
Read MoreThe Benefits and Risks of U-Visas
The United States has a long, often complicated history with immigration, and part of that complexity comes from the hostility that immigrants face when they arrive here. And however hostile the current administration might be to immigrants, there are still legal protections for immigrants (even undocumented immigrants) who become the victims of crimes. To that Read More
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