DHS to postpone Real ID Requirement

ImmigrationMelissa SoberalskiJanuary 12, 2023DHS, REAL ID, Extension

DHS introduces new parole process for Venezuelans

BidenMelissa SoberalskiNovember 11, 2022DHS, Advance Parole, Venezuela

COVID-19 vaccination requirements extended at U.S. borders

BidenMelissa SoberalskiApril 25, 2022DHS, COVID-19, Vaccination, Border

From CLINIC: Summary of Proposed Regulations on DACA

BidenMelissa SoberalskiOctober 5, 2021DACA, DHS, Proposal

Federal court halts implementation of the public charge rule

USCISMelissa SoberalskiAugust 5, 2020Immigration, DHS, Public Charge Rule

The Trump administration takes the next step in its bid to restrict new Green Cards for public aid recipients

TrumpMelissa SoberalskiSeptember 24, 2018USCIS, Green Card, DHS, Public Charge, Food Stamps, Section 8, Medicare

Trump administration seeks creation of a National Vetting Center to screen immigrants

TrumpMelissa SoberalskiFebruary 18, 2018Immigration, Vetting, Screening, DHS

DHS has outlined new potential rules aimed at barring a pathway to legal residence for immigrants who receive benefits or aid to dependents.

In what is being critiqued as one avenue of attack against legal immigration, the Trump administration is considering a new policy that would target foreign-born people living in the U.S. who have received, or have U.S. citizen children who have received, public assistance. The policy would allow immigration officials to consider a broad range of public benefits programs as potential disqualifiers for immigrants pursuing legal residency, thus cutting off hundreds of thousands from legal status and even a pathway to citizenship. We want to emphasize that this document is not yet law, but rather a draft proposal of potential new rules.