Monthly Archives: October 2022

From highly educated engineers and scientists to farm workers milking cows and harvesting crops, the United States depends on immigrant workers. Systems for both permanent resident visas (green cards) and temporary work visas are dysfunctional, to the detriment of both … Continue reading →

More than 63,000 cases—one out of every six cases filed—were dismissed by immigration court judges this year because the Border Patrol failed to file the required Notice to Appear with the court. That leaves the immigrant in limbo, uncertain of … Continue reading →

Will the Biden administration continue Temporary Protected Status (TPS)  roughly 337,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Nepal and Honduras? Or will it end that status, as the Trump administration tried to do back in 2018? A lawsuit temporarily stopped the proposed … Continue reading →

Victims of human trafficking—which includes both sex trafficking and labor trafficking—can qualify for a T visa, but the process is long and complicated. Delayed work permits mean the victims have no way to support themselves after they escape from their … Continue reading →

The Miami Herald has a fascinating, detailed story from one of the people paid to recruit migrants for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s flights to Martha’s Vineyard. The story gives details on which members of the governor’s staff were directly involved, … Continue reading →

Venezuelans continue. This humanitarian parole plan is paired with an extension of Title 42 b ars to asylum seekers and all other migrants. Mexico has acquiesced to the United States, agreeing to allow the expulsion of Venezuelans back to Mexico, … Continue reading →

Food is central to national security. We can see that in Ukraine, where Russia’s war threatens food security for people around the world who depend on Ukrainian wheat exports. Here in the United States, national food security comes at a … Continue reading →

Starting with a couple of Minnesota immigration stories today—Minnesota has a long history of welcoming refugees and immigrants are a big part of our thriving communities. Last year, Minnesota resettled 533 refugees. Besides these official refugees, Minnesota received more than 1,200 … Continue reading →

Once again, with feeling: the U.S. government’s own public health experts say that the Title 42 “public health” bar to asylum seekers is NOT grounded in public health concerns. There is NO legal justification for barring asylum seekers from entering … Continue reading →

Texas Federal District Court Judge Andrew Hanen today extended the temporary injunction he had previously issued on DACA. Under his order, the Biden administration’s new DACA regulation may not go into effect on October 31. He will issue a ruling … Continue reading →