By Allan Wernick New York Daily News August 10, 2020 Filing fees for many citizenship and immigration applications and petitions will increase on Oct. 2. Beginning on that date, fee waivers will no longer be available for many applications including for...
By Jacqueline Baylon, Dylan Bank and Mark Abadi Business Insider August 8, 2020 Taking an oath of allegiance is the last step for people going through the long process of becoming US citizens. The ceremony typically takes place in large venues or courthouses, with...
By Emma Israel Baines Report August 7, 2020 The US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is often referred to as the “good guys” of the immigration bureaucracy. They are the benefits giving arm of the web of departments and agencies that govern US immigration...
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...
