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U.S. to resume processing thousands of stalled visas for Afghans who aided Americans
Susannah George, The Washington Post
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul will soon resume processing thousands of stalled special visa applications for Afghans who aided U.S. forces after halting visa interviews in March because of the pandemic. A State Department official said the U.S. Embassy in Kabul would begin “a phased resumption” of in-person interviews in February. The official, who spoke on…
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Biden Bets Big on Immigration Changes in Opening Move
Elliot Spagat, AP
For the opening salvo of his presidency, few expected Joe Biden to be so far-reaching on immigration.A raft of executive orders signed Wednesday undoes many of his predecessor’s hallmark initiatives, such as halting work on a border wall with Mexico, lifting a travel ban on people from several predominantly Muslim countries and reversing plans to exclude people in the country illegally from the 2020…
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Biden unveils immigration proposal that offers green cards and overtime pay to farm workers and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
Charles Davis, Business Insider
President Joe Biden is presenting a sweeping immigration reform bill to Congress on his first day in office, prioritizing a sharp rebuke to the Trump years. It would award permanent residency to farm workers who have kept the country fed throughout the pandemic and offer a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers. …
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Biden to propose overhaul of immigration laws on first day in office
Seung Min Kim, Washington Post
President-elect Joe Biden will roll out a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws the day he is inaugurated, including an eight-year pathway to citizenship for immigrants without legal status and an expansion of refugee admissions, along with an enforcement plan that deploys technology to patrol the border. Biden’s legislative proposal, which will be sent to…
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Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ border policy was pushed aggressively by Jeff Sessions, despite warnings, Justice Dept. review finds
Nick Miroff and Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post
The Trump administration and then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions barreled forward with their “zero tolerance” border crackdown in 2018 knowing that the policy would separate migrant children from their parents and despite warnings that the government was ill-prepared to deal with the consequences,…
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ICE's Latest Leader Has Resigned After Just Two Weeks On The Job
Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed News
The acting leader of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement abruptly resigned on Wednesday, just two weeks into the job after the agency’s previous director also stepped down unexpectedly in December, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The departure of Jonathan Fahey is the latest in a long line of resignations at ICE during the Trump administration. The agency,…
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Harris teases immigration agenda: Green cards for DACA and TPS recipients, shorter waits for citizenship
Matthew Choi and Alice Miranda Ollstein, Politico
The incoming administration will focus on decreasing wait times to obtain citizenship, granting automatic green cards to protected undocumented immigrants and adding immigration judges to decrease backlogs on court hearings, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said on Tuesday. Speaking with Univision's Ilia Calderón, Harris…
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Trump's Controversial Leader Of The Department Of Homeland Security Has Resigned
Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed News
Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said he is resigning late Monday, more than a year after being selected for the role by President Donald Trump. Wolf’s resignation marks the end of a tumultuous run for DHS during the Trump administration. Wolf led an agency that has seen an unprecedented level of turnover during the last…
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US judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rules
Suman Naishadham, AP
A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The rules had been set to take effect Monday. The court order has limited immediate impact because the government has largely suspended asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border during the coronavirus pandemic, citing public health concerns.…
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Court Upholds Ban on Order Letting States Refuse Refugees
AP
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a ruling halting an executive order by President Donald Trump that gave state and local governments the ability to shut out refugees. The three-judge panel said the executive order that required both state and local entities to give their consent before allowing refugees to be placed in their areas “would cause inequitable treatment of refugees and undermine…
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