U.S. Immigration Systems, Data, Status, and Concepts

On August 25, 2020, USCIS announced that due to "unprecedented spending cuts and a steady increase in daily incoming revenue and receipts," the agency "will avert an administrative furlough of more than 13,000 employees" that was scheduled to begin August 30, 2020. Despite the welcome news that

The USCIS Policy Manual is the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's (USCIS) "centralized online repository for USCIS’ immigration policies," that will ultimately replace other USCIS policy repositories. Access the USCIS Policy Manual Update (May 22, 2020). USCIS has removed all Adjudicator's

Update: President Biden revoked former President Trump's Proclamation 9945 on May 14, 2021. See Proclamation 10209 of May 14, 2021: A Proclamation on Revoking Proclamation 9945. This discussion of the subsequently revoked Proclamation 9945 is maintained for research purposes. Under Presidential

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (2020) Update: On December 2, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed an amended version of H.R. 1044 by unanimous consent, a procedural motion that does not allow for further amendments to the bill. The title of the amended bill is Fairness for High-Skilled

Updates On September 5, 2023, DOS published a final rule effective October 5, 2023 (See 88 FR 60574 (September 5, 2023)) that reverts its public charge regulatory text at 22 CFR 40.41 to the text that was in place prior to the publication of the October 11, 2019 interim final rule (IFR) promulgated

Update: In a Federal Register notice published and effective on March 21, 2022, the Biden administration rescinded a July 23, 2019 Trump administration policy that had sought to expand DHS's expedited removal deportation authority. Prior to the rescission notice, on September 27, 2019, the United

In a May 10, 2019 Policy Alert, USCIS announced that it is consolidating and updating its policy guidance on how USCIS provides services to the public by revising the USCIS Policy Manual at Volume 1: General Policies and Procedures, Part A, Public Services [ 1 USCIS-PM A]. According to USCIS, the

An October 23, 2017 USCIS memo rescinds a 14-year-old policy that had given deference to prior eligibility determinations when adjudicating an extension of stay petition "involving the same parties (petitioner and beneficiary) and the same underlying facts."

Resources to support secondary school professionals that work in the areas of immigration and regulations, recruitment and admissions, programming and administration, and intensive English programs.

On May 31, 2019, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) agreed to open an investigation into the backlog of immigration cases at USCIS, following a request from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and House Democrats. Read the CHC request Read GAO's letter accepting the request The Congressional