IMMIGRATION NEWS

(AP) President Donald Trump has told congressional leaders that his hard-line immigration priorities must be enacted in exchange for extending protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Trump's list of…

California on Thursday became the first state in the country to sign a “sanctuary state” bill that limits local and state law enforcement agencies cooperation with federal immigration authorities. California governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed Senate Bill 54 in a bid to shield the more than 2.3…

(AP) The Trump administration is finalizing the details of a set of immigration principles that could upend efforts to come up with a permanent fix for the status of young immigrants who came to the country illegally as children. The principles, according to people familiar with ongoing discussions…

Kenya has introduced new tougher rules for foreigners wishing to study in the country. In the new rules unveiled by the immigration department, foreign students will be required to get a clearance certificate from the police department while applying for a study visa. The new rules further orders…

The US Diversity Visa Program for the fiscal year 2019 (DV-2019), popularly known as Green Card Lottery began at noon today (Tuesday, October 3rd) and closes at noon on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Administrated by the Department of State, the lottery program makes 55,000 permanent resident visas (…

Immigrants who were brought into the United States as children and enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program signed into law an executive order in 2012 by former President Obama have until Thursday of next week (October 5th) to file renewal requests. This comes after…

Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh has said her administration is committed to educating immigrant communities about their rights. This follows the arrest of 5 immigrants in the city this week and a total of 28 in the state of Maryland by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of a…

President Donald Trump’s administration this week carried out raids in so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ across the United States this week, arresting 498 immigrants from 42 different countries. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in an operation dubbed ‘Safe City’, targeted immigrants who have…

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to start collecting social media information on all immigrants in the US, including permanent residents and naturalized citizens starting October 18th. In a document published on the Federal Register last week, DHS plans to collect “social media…

US President Donald Trump has slapped a new travel ban on eight countries, citing poor security and failure to cooperate with US authorities. North Korea, Venezuela and Chad are among a list of eight countries whose citizens will not be allowed to travel to the US after the new restriction. Trump…