NIPNLG and the Legal Aid Society have submitted a comment on proposed changes to form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence, and accompanying instructions to the form. Not only do the proposed changes increase a lengthy and complex form...
In May 2022, the Department of Homeland Security began implementing prosecutorial discretion in removal proceedings, primarily by moving to dismiss them. Dismissing or terminating proceedings for noncitizens wishing to pursue asylum left asylum...
In 2023, USCIS issued revised instructions for asylum applications (Form I-589). The National Immigration Project, along with Kids in Need of Defense and Public Counsel, submitted these suggested revisions to the form instructions and related web...
At the beginning of the Biden administration, the National Immigration Project issued policy priorities for executive action, and has regularly advocated with the administration on these key priorities alongside a broad range of partners. Now, almost...
On March 8, 2023, the National Immigration Project, and several other immigration legal services and advocacy organizations sent a letter to leadership at the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, calling on the agencies to...
On May 4, 2022, USCIS issued a temporary final rule providing for automatic renewal of certain employment authorization documents (EADs) for up to 540 days, as long as the noncitizen timely submitted the renewal application. Previously, USCIS granted...
EndSIJSBacklog Coalition Presents: USCIS's New SIJS Policy on Deferred Action and Work Authorization
This webinar, hosted by the EndSIJSBacklog Coalition is intended for legal practitioners who represent SIJS youth and discusses the key components of the new policy and flag as-yet-unanswered questions.
This practice advisory is intended to assist individuals seeking damages, stays of deportation, and long-term immigration relief based on medical abuse suffered at ICDC. This practice advisory explains how to determine eligibility and file...
This report presents data released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to provide new data on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from 2018 through 2020 never before available to the public. The tables breakdown TPS recipients by age...
This explainer discusses H.R. 6, which would create a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the United States before January 1, 2021, who were 18 years old or under when they arrived, who have stayed in the United States since they arrived...