Tens of thousands of Dreamers covered by DACA will start to participate in health care privileges designated by Obamacare beginning in November. This will affect more than half a million people. These people were unqualified for national health insurance programs before despite having been allowed to work in the US lawfully.

After Republicans blocked a bipartisan border security aimed at easing record-high illegal crossings, Democrats are preparing to go on the offense regarding immigration. In a Senate meeting last week, key administration officials as well as Democratic lawmakers discussed actions that would include forcing votes that Republicans would oppose.

The Biden administration is on the look for a new point guard on border issues, with plans to bring in the Department of Homeland Security's Blas Nuñez-Neto. President Biden’s ability to respond to what has become one of his most vulnerable election issues has been damaged due to a lack of ownership among senior White House officials on the border.

Immigration advocates growing by the number are urging President Joe Biden to grant work permits (EAD) to undocumented immigrants who have been living in the United States for a long time.

The White House has not confirmed about doing anything like this, though it has the power.

In a recent sit down with the Time Magazine featuring former President Donald Trump, the topic of what a potential second Trump term would bring, including the issue of immigration. Trump went into details regarding his plan to deport many millions of undocumented illegal immigrants.

USCIS has started new changes that exclude duplicate applications of the same worker under H-1B petition. This does not apply for a new employee asking for H-1B transfer, and if the worker did not work for that employer in the previous fiscal year. This change did have a big impact as duplicate applications fell by 88%. The total number of registrations also fell by 38%. This decline is understandable as it is because these new rules no longer prioritize the number of applications submitted but rather focus on each individual applicant.

The U.S. population growth throttles, plummeting fertility rates, and shifting demographics have already started to slow the economic growth of the country while, at the same time, increasing its reliance on immigration to make up for a labor shortage. Efforts to ease the labor crunch and increased costs are taking place within a unique economic context of pandemic world, with more demand than supply, and therefore typical for labor shortages and spiraling costs.

A federal judge in Southern District of California ruled on Tuesday afternoon (San Diego) that undocumented immigrants may have standing to sue U.S.C.I.S for passing over their U Visa Applications.

U visas is a shortcut to citizenship compared to traditional visas, given only to immigrant victims of certain crimes.

According to a new survey by The Harris Poll, Half of Americans (up to 42% of Democrats) support mass deportations of undocumented and illegal immigrants. Americans are starting to align with former President Donald Trump’s immigration plans due to a record surge of illegal border crossings.

USCIS is starting to take major steps towards addressing the global refugee crisis by announcing two new field offices. These offices will be opening in Ankara, Turkey and Doha, Qatar. These offices will serve the goal of USCIS’s mission of allowing lawful, safe, and orderly migration by streamlining the way they process refugee applications.