Here's What Obama Can Actually Do To Slow Deportations

Huff Post: WASHINGTON -- After years of pleas from immigration groups, President Barack Obama last week ordered a review of his administration's deportation practices to make them more humane.

Obama has said in the past he can't halt deportations, and the White House has already ruled out two options, saying the Department of Homeland Security will neither suspend deportations nor expand the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for Dreamers to other categories of undocumented immigrants. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/20/obama-deportation-review_n_4993249.html

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Computer Failure Delays U.S. Visa, Passport Processing

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• FELICIA SCHWARTZ, The Wall street journal

WASHINGTON–A computer failure has caused major delays this week in the State Department’s passport and visa issuing system, the agency said.

The visa system has been operating at “significantly reduced capacity” for the past few days, and the State Department doesn’t know when the system will return to normal operations, a spokeswoman said Friday. Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/07/25/computer-failure-delays-u-s-visa-passport-processing/

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Obama Eyes Major Immigration Move

Time.com: the president may be preparing to provide temporary legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants
. When President Obama issues executive orders on immigration in coming weeks, pro-reform activists are expecting something dramatic: temporary relief from deportation and work authorization for perhaps several million undocumented immigrants. If the activists are right, the sweeping move would upend a contentious policy fight and carry broad political consequences. Read more: http://time.com/3028637/obama-eyes-major-immigration-move/
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United States: Department Of State Releases August 2014 Visa Bulletin

The bulletin shows minor advancement in the EB-2 category for applicants chargeable to India and China as well as significant advancement in the EB-3 category for applicants chargeable to China and the Philippines, minor advancement for applicants chargeable to India, and no change for applicants chargeable to Mexico or the Rest of the World.

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its August 2014 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per country priority date cutoffs that regulate the flow of adjustment of status (AOS) and consular immigrant visa applications.
Read more: http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/328958/work+visas/Department+of+State+Releases+August+2014+Visa+Bulletin

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Enhancements to U Category Help to Better Protect Crime Victims

The U nonimmigrant category provides immigration benefits to foreign nationals who have been the victims of certain serious crimes. These individuals may be able to obtain immigration benefits under the U nonimmigrant category by assisting U.S. law enforcement in its efforts to prosecute the perpetrator/s of said crime. On June 15, 2014, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an interim policy memorandum to provide guidance on changes made to the program in March 2013. The USCIS will take public comments on the interim memo until August 8, 2014, but it is effective immediately. Read more: http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Outreach/Interim%20Guidance%20for%20Comment/PM-602-0102_TVPRA_2013.pdf 
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Immigration Reform Is Actually Happening – Just Not On Capitol Hill

Business Insider Reports:

Though comprehensive immigration reform has sputtered and stalled in Congress, many Democrats and activists have turned their attention away from the federal government and started focusing their efforts on the local level. This push has resulted in a number of pieces of local immigration reform legislation that have passed largely under the radar of the national debate. However, these laws have had dramatic effects and supporters argue they may inspire a wave of similar policies across the country.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/immigration-reform-is-actually-happening-2014-7#ixzz38KIuSvJ7

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Obama's Immigration Dilemma

 The Huffington Post reports:  President Obama faces a dilemma on immigration reform, and it goes beyond the current problem of children at the border. If he sticks to his announced timetable, Obama will act in some way on immigration reform in the next month or so. The Republican House has already signaled that it not only won't vote on the bipartisan plan passed by the Senate last year, but also that it won't hold any votes on immigration reform at all in the foreseeable future (before the midterm election, in other words). This means if anything is going to happen, Obama will have to make it happen on his own. Obama's real dilemma is that no matter what he does, it's not going to satisfy everyone. In fact, it may not satisfy much of anyone. But it is sure to annoy and even enrage certain groups. 
  Continue reading at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/obamas-immigration-dilemm_b_5607859.html

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