IMMIGRATION NEWS
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The Baltimore (Maryland) County Council on Monday voted to suspend a bill that would have required immigration status checks for people arrested and detained in county jails.
The County Council voted 5-2 to table the motion, which if it became law would have joined the county jail to a federal…
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The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for US visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years.
The new questions, part of an effort to tighten vetting of would-be visitors to the United States…
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Supporters and opponents of an immigration bill packed a Baltimore County Council hearing on Tuesday. The bill, supported by the county council’s three Republican members, would allow jail officials to screen county jail inmates for immigration violations if passed
The bill would enter Baltimore…
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Effects of the US President Donald Trump’s travel ban seven countries have started being felt after the United States issued about 50 per cent fewer visitors with visas in April to citizens of seven countries named in President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban.
The US issued fewer visas than it…
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A federal appeals court dealt another blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting six-Muslim majority countries on Thursday, siding with groups that say the policy illegally targets Muslims.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that blocks the…
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In the first 3 months of 2017, the US government deported a total of 1,200 Africans, with most of these immigrants being nationals of Ghana, Nigeria, Somali, and Kenya.
The data, gathered by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, suggests that if the current trend…
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The police department of Howard County, Maryland has put out a directive clarifying that the county police will not enforce federal immigration laws.
The directive, meant to ease the public’s, especially foreign-born, interaction with the county police, says that police will not ask about anyone’s…
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday night signed into law a highly controversial bill that gives local police powers to enforce federal immigration laws, including the power to inquire about the immigration status of anyone arrested, detained or stopped for routine minor traffic violations.…
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The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a highly controversial bill that gives local police departments the power to inquire about the immigration status of anyone they arrest or detain, including people pulled over by police for minor traffic violations.
Senate Bill 4 also punishes police departments…
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The results of the American Green Card Lottery for the fiscal year 2018 (Diversity Visa 2018) are now available online. The Entrant Status Check opened on Tuesday, May 2nd and will remain open until September 30th, 2017.
Those who filed for the lottery online between October 4th and November 7th,…
