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Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) policy was implemented in January by the Trump administration directed at immigrants at the U.S. southern border. The new MPP program sends migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, or who appear at official places of entry...

Illinois immigrant families may lose medical care under a new Trump administration decision, and immigrant families with serious illnesses may be facing deportation. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) on August 7, 2019, stopped accepting and adjudicating medical deferred action...

On August 14, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a rule that seeks to broaden the authority of U.S. Immigration officers in denying applicants of green cards, visa extensions, or other changes in immigration status. An officer’s ability to...

On August 12 the Trump administration announced it is moving forward with their plan to deny green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers and other forms of public assistance, effective October 15, 2019. Federal law...

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a Democrat running for United States President in the 2020 elections, announced her immigration plan and priorities if elected president. Warren's immigration plan was praised by immigration rights advocates and labeled "extreme" by opponents. A Fair...

The State Department has announced that effective May 2019, they will be reviewing social media on all Visa requests as well as asking other questions during the Visa process.  WATCH: Understand what immigration authorities will be looking at and how...

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that there are currently 4 bills on Governor Pritzker’s desk that he could sign immediately to protect the rights of immigrants in Illinois, and that some of the bills have been being legislated “for years.” Ban...

Detainees at a Texas Border Patrol processing center that is seriously overcrowded were forced to wear dirty clothing for days and to stand on toilets to get air to breathe, according to a report from Time Magazine. When conducting surprise...

The State Department has updated immigrant and nonimmigrant visa application forms and that visa applicants share their social media accounts and “social identifiers” including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and require the applicant to provide any account names they may have...

A House Bill known as the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 passed on Tuesday, June 4. It would create a new legal pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, 2.5 million young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States illegally as...