Immigration Reform

After almost a year of waiting for immigration reform, we are in the final steps of long-awaited changes to the system. The Build Back Better Act (BBB), drafted by the Biden administration, was submitted to the House of Representatives on November 3, 2021, and...

As President Biden’s immigration reform plan takes shape, all branches of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are undergoing crucial change. DHS oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and...

On March 9, 2021 USCIS designated a new Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for those from Venezuela who entered the United States on or before March 8, 2021. The roots of the TPS designation made by President Biden follow a year of political turmoil, infrastructure...

President Biden announced on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 that his administration will not continue to defend the Trump administration’s Public Charge rule in currently pending lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court. This announcement effectively means that...

Substantial change to the immigration system is coming, albeit slower than some would prefer. President Biden’s overarching immigration reform bill, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, proposed on February 18, 2021 will take a backseat this month as smaller, “piece by...

On January 20, 2021, President Biden proposed an immigration reform bill to fix a fractured immigration system and provide status to over 11 million undocumented individuals.  On February 18, 2021, Congress took President Biden’s proposal for legislation and presented...

On January 20, 2021, President Biden introduced an immigration reform bill to remedy the detrimental impact of Trump’s executive orders and create new pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the United States.  The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 proposes...