The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a proposed regulation that seeks to broadly expand the collection and use of biometrics in the enforcement and administration of immigration laws. The rule would subject foreign nationals to periodic biometrics collection…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued policy guidance outlining the standards for adjudicating DACA requests and related applications for work or travel authorization. The guidance is being issued as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reconsiders the DACA program in…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is planning to furlough about two-thirds of its workers at the end of August after Congress failed to reach a deal on a coronavirus stimulus package. USCIS notified about 13,400 of its 20,000 employees…
DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced today that his agency will not accept initial DACA filings and will limit DACA renewals to one year, reduced from two years. Likewise, the agency will not accept DACA applications for advance parole except in extraordinary…