The federal government of the US shut down at midnight on Friday, with six government agencies that deal with immigration among the many affected. With Congress in a stalemate, the shutdown means that all but the most essential of government personnel will be unable to work until there is a resolution to the situation. US […]

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump sided with conservatives in the Republican Party about immigration, slamming a proposed bipartisan deal on immigration reform as ‘horrible’ for border security and ‘very weak’ on reforms to the legal immigration system of the US. In an interview with Reuters, the President said that the Senate proposal, which aimed to

US Citizenship and Immigration Services has released details of the steps that around 60,000 Haitian immigrants will need to take to renew their immigration benefits, in a program that the Trump administration will end next year. Haitian activists have expressed concerns because of the unusual delay in the posting from the federal government. It was

Jeff Sessions says that the US should adopt the immigration policy already used by Canada while giving his support to stricter criteria that will cut down on the number of ‘illiterate’ immigrants coming into the country. The Attorney General also reiterated that describing President Donald Trump as ‘anti-immigration’ is erroneous and that the President wants

The Trump administration has issued new guidelines to the overwhelmed US immigration courts in an attempt to use new case goals and priorities to make the backlog easier to cope with. James McHenry, the Executive Office for Immigration Review director, has issued immigration judges with a new seven-page memo, which says courts should initially deal

In the middle of negotiations on potential alterations to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the level of difficulty for Canadians wanting to cross the border and work in the US is growing, according to an immigration lawyer. Over 1.1 million Canadian immigrants were given temporary US visas to work in the US in

With intensified acrimony between the Democratic Party and President Donald Trump in the last week, hopes of reaching a deal on immigration and government funding have collapsed. Aides are now attempting to find a short-term fix to at least extend funding for a few more weeks. On Monday, Trump accused the Democrats of damaging military

On Sunday, President Donald Trump continued to push for a merit-based immigration system in the US. He said there will be no more diversity US visas, and that immigrants should be allowed into the country only if they can help to make the nation strong and great again. The tweet came two days after the

Businesses in the US can expect more immigration crackdowns in 2018, experts say. The next step in the multi-level strategy of the Trump administration to cut down on illegal immigration is worksite enforcement. Comments in recent months from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) show that raids and audits on employers to catch undocumented immigrant workers

The US diplomat responsible for refugee issues is intending to quit his post in the next few days, becoming the third senior political official in the Trump administration to have been reassigned or resigned from such duties in the last few weeks. Simon Henshaw, the acting assistant secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and

On Saturday, the federal government announced that renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program were being accepted once again. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a statement, which said that the program, rescinded by President Donald Trump in September, will operate on the existing terms until further notice. The decision