TPS holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan have automatic work authorization through October 4, 2021.If you re-registered for TPS from one of those countries during the last registration period, you have automatic work authorization through October 4, 2021.
The ACLU of Maine, the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic at the University of Maine School of Law, and ILAP have filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit against USCIS, seeking to compel the agency’s Boston Sub-Office and Newark Asylum Office to release information about how they assess asylum requests.
People who file for asylum, a green card, employment authorization and other types of applications with the immigration service usually must appear at the local immigration office for a “biometrics” appointment. Learn more about these appointments here, available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
A proposed rule is aimed at making it more difficult for US citizens and permanent residents to sponsor an immigrant, and thus more difficult for potential immigrants to get green cards and eventually, citizenship. Submit a comment opposing this new rule before midnight on Nov. 2!
Expedited removal is a fast-track deportation program. Under a new policy, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers can detain undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S for less than two years.
