IMMIGRATION NEWS

The Trump administration has delayed the start of nationwide immigration raids that had been set to start early Sunday morning. The raids has been planted to be conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents  in 10 major US cities and target at least 2,000 families with…

Kenya's Immigration Department says the issuance of e-passports will continue even after the deadline for phasing out the old passports elapses on August 31st. In a statement, the department clarified that it is the validity of the old-generation passports that expire on August 31st. “The long…

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to start a mass roundup of undocumented immigrants in majors cities across the US this Sunday. Three officials with knowledge of the plans have told the Washington Post that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is set to arrest up to 2,000…

Two Kenyan trucks and their drivers are being held by Ugandan authorities after they were found transporting persons in biscuit boxes. The trucks bearing Kenyan number plates were headed to Kampala when authorities intercepted them near Kenya-Uganda border on Friday morning. Uganda's Daily Monitor…

Kenyans are rushing to apply for the new generation passports ahead of the August 31st deadline. It has been a beehive of activity at the Immigration headquarters at Nyayo House in Nairobi in the past few weeks as Kenyans continue to endure long queues in search of the digital passports. Kenyans…

The Canadian government is now accepting applications from foreign caregivers in its two new immigration pilot programs. Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilot programs will grant work permits to caregivers who have a job offer in Canada and are proficient in either English or…

Ten US Democratic senators have written to Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kevin McAleenan calling for the DHS to end an immigration policy that bars immigrants who have worked in the legal marijuana industry from becoming US citizens…

President Donald Trump has announced there will be a major crackdown on illegal immigrants living in the United States. In a tweet on Monday, Trump said the crackdown, which begins next week, targets millions of foreigners illegally living in the country. Trump said the operation to remove illegal…

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new strategy it says will decrease processing times of green card and citizenship applications in some locations. USCIS on Monday said it will shift caseloads between different field offices in a bid to decrease…

The United States has more than 44 million immigrants, more than any other country in the world. The US immigrant population accounted for about one-fifth of the world’s migrants in 2017, statistics released by Pew Research Center indicate. The US population of people born outside the country reach…