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U.S. Plans to Close 23 International Immigration Offices in 2019
The Trump administration has announced that they are planning on closing all U.S. immigration agency’s overseas locations. The announcement was written by USCIS Director Francis Cissna in an email. The plans called for shifting those duties to U.S.-based agency offices and American consulates and embassies abroad. The move is the latest from an administration that has worked to limit legal and illegal immigration since Trump took office in January 2017, including cuts to the U.S. refugee program and heightened vetting of U.S. visa applications. A branch of the Department of Homeland Security operates all 23 offices overseas. The 23 offices are scattered across Latin America, Europe, and Asia: International Immigration Offices Click on your local international field office from the list below to find details about office location, services, and important instructions. With all the news that fits our agenda Mike Swedenberg Editor in Chief 1764 - Sir Charles Diet, 3rd Earl of Diet, and Parliamentary Usher (for whom Diet ice tea was named) was born in Falloden, Northumberland 1781 - The English astronomer Sir William Tuckus discovered the 7th planet and named it Uranus. 1925 - The Tennessee General Assembly OKd a bill prohibiting the teaching of the Designated Hitter Rule. 1934 - John Dillinger's lesser known brother Earnest, robbed the First National Bank in Mason City, Iowa making off with 25 ball point pens and an undisclosed number of desk calendars. Today's forecast from the National Weather Service Wild Guess: 50% chance something will happen that will make certain people we all know complain. anonymous sources is a work of satire. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Copyright 2019  Click on image to preview the best advice on advertising and learn why this is a terrible tagline. Vet founder of crowdfunding campaign to build border wall insists construction will begin within months
By Hollie McKay | Fox News For Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee severely wounded serving in the Iraq War and founder of a crowdfunding campaign to build a border wall, it’s not a matter of if Trump’s much-touted and controversial border wall will be built – it’s when. “So many people don’t know we are moving ahead with this project. When we start breaking ground soon, it is going to go gangbusters again,” Kolfage told Fox News. “We don’t feel President Trump is going to get what he wants, and we are going to be the only option for people to have border security and border protection.” Kolfage catapulted into the national limelight late last year after launching a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to aid the White House endeavor. But after falling short of the $1 billion goal, Kolfage came under fire over concerns about the GoFundMe rules and regulations. The Independent Publisher Editor Mike Swedenberg Study Guide for the US Citizenship Test in English and Spanish AMERICAN GOVERNMENT GOBIERNO AMERICANO I. Principles of American Democracy / Principios de democracia americana 1. What is the supreme law of the land? The Constitution ¿Cuál es la legislación nacional suprema? La constitución 2. What does the Constitution do? Sets up the government Defines the government Protects basic rights of Americans ¿Qué hace la constitución? Establece el gobierno Define un gobierno Protege derechos fundamentales de americanos 3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? We the People La idea del gobierno autónomo está en las primeras tres palabras de la constitución. ¿Cuáles son estas palabras? Nosotros la gente 4. What is an amendment? A change to the Constitution. An addition to the Constitution. ¿Cuál es una enmienda? un cambio a la constitución. una adición a la constitución. 5.0 out of 5 starsWell laid out with the information students need. December 15, 2018 Format: Paperback Verified Purchase I have used this book for years in my classroom. My Spanish speaking students, find the book helpful. It is concise and to the point without a confusing amount of text. In order to study for the test, it provides exactly the amount of information needed.  Federal Government Reportedly Tracked Immigration Activists, Lawyers, and Journalists in Secret Database
By ERIK SHERMAN 9:10 AM EST The federal government has been secretly tracking immigration activists, lawyers, and journalists covering the topic, KNSD-TV, an NBC station in San Diego, reported on Wednesday evening. Leaked documents from a Homeland Security source showed that the U.S. created and maintained a secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers the government had associated with the migrant caravan that traveled from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border at the end of 2018. Following the event, a number of people who were among the 50 in the database said they seemed to be targeted for higher scrutiny at the border. Most of the people monitored are U.S. citizens. Early in 2019, two journalists and two immigration rights attorneys who had worked with members of the caravan were denied entry into Mexico, according to the Los Angeles Times. Their passports had been flagged. No Emergency at the Border as House Says they Reject Emergency Move
Yesterday, US House of Representatives wield their power when they passed legislation to terminate the emergency declared at the U.S.-Mexico border by president Trump in a bid to build a border wall there. The House passed the resolution following a vote of 245-182 to set up a vote in the Senate, with a Republican majority. Democratic House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, reveled in the victory but is aware that the tally falls short of what would be needed to override a possible veto from the President, a Republican. The move to stop the president’s declaration was supported by only 13 Republicans. The main force behind the controversial legislation, Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro, said “Border crossings are at a 40-year low. There is no emergency at the border, he said. The Outlook On Immigration In 2019
Continued Attacks on H-1B Visa Holders and Their Employers: In interviews, employers and immigration attorneys cannot name any favorable actions the Trump administration has taken toward high-skilled immigrants. Expect this two-year streak to continue into 2019. In December 20, 2018, testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen made it clear U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would keep viewing high-skilled foreign-born professionals more as threats to U.S. workers than as assets to the U.S. economy. Democrats want investigation of immigration officials force-feeding immigrants
Nearly 50 Democratic lawmakers called for a watchdog investigation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday after the agency confirmed it had been force-feeding immigrant detainees on a hunger strike. Reporting by The Associated Press revealed late last month that nine Indian men who were refusing food at a Texas detention facility were being force-fed through nasal tubes against their will. Denver immigration court cases delayed by shutdown may not go before judges until 2020
USCIS Announces Online Case Status Feature for Asylum Applicants
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that applicants who have a pending affirmative asylum application with USCIS can now check the status of their applications online at uscis.gov/casestatus. Only asylum applicants with an application pending with USCIS will be able to use this new feature to check their case status online. It will not cover defensive asylum applicants whose cases are pending in immigration court. “The new capability increases transparency and assures applicants that they have the most up-to-date and accurate information about their case, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna. “We strive to adjudicate all applications and petitions in a timely manner and are working to reduce the impact on processing times by aligning resources appropriately.” |
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