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Holidays Near as Connecticut Immigrants Face Fear Over New Policy
Heightened federal enforcement fears are reducing school attendance and service use in Connecticut. A DataHaven survey reported 31% worried. USCIS…
U.S. Uses Private Data to Track Immigrants, Sparking Privacy Concerns
U.S. immigration enforcement now relies on commercial databases, federal data integration, and AI tools to build cases. Proposed social media…
DHS Expands USCIS Enforcement Authority, Not a Shift Toward Offenders
A DHS final rule (Sept. 5, 2025) expands USCIS authority into enforcement—detentions, warrants, removals, and special agents—raising concerns about expedited…
Marriage-Based Green Card Applicants Face New Challenges and Arrests
In 2025 USCIS tightened marriage-based green card processing with stricter intake checks, form-edition enforcement, more RFEs, and increased fraud interviews.…
H-1B Delays Leave Applicants in Limbo Amid Interview Backlog
Following the December 15, 2025 expansion of the Online Presence Review, U.S. consulates in India are canceling and rescheduling H-1B…
ICE Warns on Self-Deportation for Illegal Immigrants via CBP Home App
ICE is encouraging undocumented immigrants without criminal records to use the CBP Home app for voluntary departure, warning that refusal…
Faith Leaders Call for Release of LGBTQ Asylum Seeker Detained
Hernandez, a 33-year-old Honduran asylum seeker, was detained by ICE during a Green Card interview in Houston. His 2016 credible…
Trump Reshapes USCIS to Accelerate Deportation Efforts and Enforcement
USCIS has halted discretionary benefits for nationals of 19 countries and paused all asylum applications, launching a re‑review of approved…