By Shannon Dooling NPR August 6, 2020 The federal agency in charge of naturalizing new U.S. citizens is in turmoil, with furloughs, budget shortfalls and paralyzing backlogs. And now three months before the presidential election, all of this is affecting who will be...
By Benjamin Wermund Tampa Bay August 4, 2020 WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of Texas immigrants will have to pay hundreds of dollars more, if not thousands, to live or work in the U.S. as the Trump administration enacts a fee hike that immigration attorneys say is the...
By Elvia Malagón Chicago Sun Times July 17, 2020 Rissi Pacheco didn’t think her voice mattered despite attending protests. Pacheco, 30, lived in fear because of her immigration status. But that all changed because of a ceremony that took less than 10 minutes. “I’ve...
By Julian Resendiz Border Report August 3, 2020 EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Filing for immigration benefits will cost more beginning on Oct. 2. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has completed a review of proposed fee increases and will...
By Amy Zhang NY Times July 10, 2020 Ten minutes and an oath. That’s all that stands between me and American citizenship. After filling out a 20-page application, paying almost a thousand dollars, organizing piles of supporting documents, planning my life around five...
