Thirteen permanent residents have sued 2 government agencies for delaying their citizenship applications. They all applied for citizenship in 2020 with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and are all still waiting for an interview.

Mexican officials can no longer stop and ask a person’s immigration status.

The Supreme Court’s decision comes from a case about 3 indigenous Mexican siblings who were held for 8 days by Immigration. Officials thought they were Guatemalan migrants based on their looks and poor Spanish.

Though the Biden Administration has been able to reverse some policies USCIS remains highly backlogged with many cases. Many individuals are losing their jobs and are being let go from their jobs due to this issue immigration is facing.

While Trump was president, he made it extremely difficult for individuals to immigrate to the United States and now these policies are also affecting the Biden administration.

The immigration system has had many issues but since president Biden came into office he has tried to reverse many of the policies that were implemented by Trump administration. Though he has been able to reverse some already USCIS remains highly backlogged with many cases.

The pandemic has affected many people around the world in the immigration area. Many bans were set by the Trump administration since the pandemic began, but now with Biden things don’t seem to look up for the better. With all the bans from people entering the country has noticed a rise with deportation.

Once Biden took over office, everyone thought things would look up. Border apprehension began to rise over the summer even after endless promises from the Biden Administration. Though Biden did make immigration changes, like reverse polices and restore a better asylum there continues to be many cracks in the system that are affecting several immigrants and families.

In the last year since the new Biden Administration took over office, there have been many changes in the immigration system. Many for the better and many that were very discriminatory. Many in which include, according to Immigration Impact, the following;

Repealed Trump’s discriminatory ban on the entry into the United States of people from several Muslim-majority or African countries on January 20.
Revoked the Trump administration’s requirement that all applications for visas (and for the U.S. refugee program) be subject to “extreme vetting” on February 4. This requirement had subjected many visa applicants to invasive and unnecessary additional screening that is partly responsible for growing processing delays.

In the last year, 2020 there have been over 100,000 children who have aged out from parental eligibility to apply for their green cards. According to a recent article posted by Immigration Impact, “They are known as Documented Dreamers, and when these young adults turn 21, they “age out” of their previous lawful status, which was tied to their parents’ visas.

​Families who arrived to the US border seeking protection were automatically put in expedited removal. But now, the Biden Administration is allowing families who arrive at the border seeking protection a chance to explain to officers why they fear to return back to their home countries.

Between 2015-2020 it has been known that ICE has deported 674 potential US citizens back to their countries by mistake. It is proven that ICE nor border customs have an exact number as to how many individuals that are citizens have been mistakenly been sent back to their countries.