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Mayorkas confirmed as first Latino and immigrant head of DHS
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20:12 07/02/2021
Alejandro Mayorkas has been confirmed by the US Senate as the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to become the first ever Latino and immigrant to be appointed to the role. Mayorkas...
OPT US immigration program safe for now
11:11 04/02/2021
The Optional Practical Training (OPT) US immigration program, which allows international students to remain in the US for up to three years to work after they graduate, has survived a legal challenge...
Construction on US anti-immigrant border wall paused
9:54 02/02/2021
President Biden has paused construction on his predecessor’s anti-immigrant border wall for two months. The wall, constructed along the US border with Mexico, was a pillar of Donald Trump’s...
US immigration taskforce to be monitored by Jill Biden
10:54 01/02/2021
The new First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), Jill Biden, will monitor a US immigration task force that will be set up to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border under Donald Trump’s...
Fresh DACA applications approved in remaining weeks of 2020
10:55 06/01/2021
Despite several attempts made by Trump to abolish the Obama-era DACA immigration program, more than 170 new applicants became the first people in several years to be accepted into the initiative,...
Thousands of US undocumented migrants in COVID fighting jobs
11:49 18/12/2020
According to a new study, 69% of US undocumented immigrants are in jobs deemed ‘essential’ to the nation’s fight against coronavirus. The study carried out by pro- US immigration group FWD.US, and...
