Jim Grey
USCIS Policy Alert PA-2025-16 Clarifies Negative Discretionary Factors
On August 19, 2025 USCIS published PA-2025-16 assigning overwhelmingly negative weight to support for antisemitic terrorism, limiting employment…
Warning to International Students: UK Skilled Worker Visa Thresholds Rise
The July 22, 2025 changes raise the Skilled Worker threshold to £41,700 and require RQF Level 6 roles.…
Updates to NIV Programs in NSW, South Australia and Victoria 2025
The National Innovation Visa (NIV, Subclass 858) began December 6, 2024, as an invitation-only permanent residency pathway prioritizing…
Latin American Airlines Signal Strength Despite Ongoing Economic Uncertainty
LATAM’s Q2 2025 performance strengthened travel links: net income up 66% to $242 million, adjusted EBITDAR $850 million,…
Lawsuit Says ICE Deported Stage 4 Cancer Child and Family
In April 2025 ICE removed a 4-year-old U.S. citizen, Romeo, undergoing stage 4 kidney cancer treatment; attorneys filed…
Newfoundland and Labrador Issues Invitations Under NLPNP and AIP Programs
Using the new EOI Immigration Accelerator, Newfoundland and Labrador issued 231 ITAs on August 13 (180 NLPNP, 51…
Jet2.com Opens New Engineering Hangar at Manchester Airport
In mid-August 2025 Jet2.com inaugurated a multi-million-pound engineering hangar at Manchester Airport. The 6,300+ m² facility, built with…
No Kansas City Developers Leading Major Jacksonville Airport Projects
As of August 18, 2025, Florida and national firms lead Jacksonville’s $440 million Terminal Expansion centered on Concourse…
‘Lone Star Lockup’ Detention Center Opens at Fort Bliss, Texas
Camp East Montana opened August 14, 2025, at Fort Bliss as a 5,000-bed permanent detention center funded by…
Furious council discovers hundreds of hidden asylum seekers shipped into city
Councils say sudden, unannounced relocations of asylum seekers—amid 78,745 cases pending—are overwhelming services. They call for advance notice…
No Credible 2025 Reporting of Migrant Scalding Baby Incident
As of August 18, 2025, exhaustive searches of media, DHS, DOJ, police briefings, and court dockets reveal no…
Idaho Vallivue District Tightens Review After DHS ‘Welfare Check’ on Students
After a March–April 2025 DHS welfare check disclosed unaccompanied students’ records, Vallivue now requires administrator approval before SROs…
Windrush victim allowed to return to UK after 28 years — ‘Nothing is the same’
A Windrush claimant returned after 28 years as February 2025 data show 9,848 claims and 8,398 eligible, yet…
USCIS to More Heavily Scrutinize ‘Good Moral Character’ for Naturalization
Effective August 17, 2025, USCIS adopted a rigorous, holistic good moral character standard for naturalization, assessing the totality…
NIA Arrests Two Haryana Men in US ‘Dunki’ Human Trafficking Case
NIA raids on August 7–8, 2025 led to arrests in Karnal, Yamunanagar, and Gurdaspur linked to a dunki…