From: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/us/migrants-lawyer-shortages.html?searchResultPosition=1 A new challenge for asylum seekers: the shortage of lawyers. A record number of new migrants has left many with legitimate asylum cases unable to find an attorney to prevent their deportation. Without professional legal help, many asylum …
From: https://laopinion.com/2024/05/08/colorado-aprueba-y-acelera-la-emision-de-licencias-de-conducir-para-indocumentados/ While Colorado already allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, they must live in the state for at least two years before qualifying. Now, the landscape would change, after the Colorado legislature approved bill SB24-182, which reduces the …
From: https://www.univision.com/noticias/inmigracion/eeuu-lanza-plan-frenar-redes-de-trafico-inmigrantes The U.S. launches a plan to deter networks trafficking undocumented migrants. The $578 million program will be distributed among Western Hemisphere countries working with the United States to combat undocumented immigration (by punishing the criminal organizations promoting it) …
From: https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/eeuu-daca-audiencia-/7606270.html The U.S. Senate is discussing the future of DACA. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to discuss the contributions of so-called ‘Dreamers’ and hear arguments for and against granting them a pathway to citizenship. These immigrants …
From: https://www.univision.com/noticias/inmigracion/biden-anuncia-cambios-reglamento-asilo-acelera-deportaciones-frontera The DHS announces changes to asylum regulations that will make it harder to obtain asylum and accelerate deportations at the border. The Biden administration announced new restrictions on asylum policy, granting more discretionary power to federal immigration agents …
From: https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/ley-aprobada-florida-facilita-ejercicio-medicos-extranjeros-/7597313.html The SB 7016 law, recently passed in this southern US state, allows doctors and other healthcare professionals to practice their profession by exempting them from some previously required requirements. A law passed in the state of Florida allows …
From: https://pt.usembassy.gov/treaty-trader-and-investor-visas/?_ga=2.121751555.92028555.1715014799-933751128.1715014799 Portuguese nationality has become a more direct pathway to reside in the United States, thanks to Portugal’s inclusion in the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, which facilitates obtaining the E-2 business visa. The E-2 visa allows a national …
From: https://eltiempolatino.com/2024/05/02/inmigracion-tiempo-comunidad-latina/ley-antiinmigrante-en-georgia/ Police must hand over undocumented immigrants to immigration authorities, Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia, signed into law on May 1 a bill that obligates police to hand over undocumented immigrants to immigration authorities. The Republican governor approved HB …
From: https://www.uscis.gov/es/noticias/comunicados-de-prensa/uscis-fortalece-el-programa-de-visas-t-de-no-inmigrante-y-las-protecciones-de-las-victimas-de-la The Department of Homeland Security and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule to strengthen the integrity of the nonimmigrant T visa status (T visa) and ensure that victims of human trafficking can …
From: https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/trabajadores-agricolas-temporales-eeuu-mas-protecciones-/7587000.html The U.S. Department of Labor issued rules offering greater protection to temporary workers, benefiting more than 300,000 individuals engaged in agricultural work. Temporary agricultural workers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal hiring …