Posts by Daniela Gómez Carrión
Immigrant Advocates Request Official Report of COVID-19 cases to ICE
The alarming number of positive cases of COVID-19 in ICE facilities The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the agency in charge of protecting the borders, detaining undocumented immigrants trying to cross borders illegally, and monitoring merchandise entering the US. ICE is in charge of immigration detention centers around the country and currently has approximately…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch against Express Deportations
Express deportations during the global pandemic Since the arrival of the Coronavirus in North American territory, the US government has allowed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) to carry out express deportations without following established protocols. The main reason why Trump’s administration allows mass deportations during the health crisis is to prevent immigrant detention…
Read MoreLawmakers Support Foreign Students amid Pandemic
The pandemic generated strict changes in immigration policies The US has always been a country known for receiving thousands of foreign students annually. They come to the country yearning to obtain a professional degree and many of them want to legally reside in the US after completing their studies. In light of the health crisis…
Read MoreRecent Study Shows Immigrants Boost Economy
Trump’s administration wants to restrict work permits for foreigners Making a thorough recap, one can realize that since President Trump took office in 2017, one of the main purposes of his presidential campaign has been to reduce immigration at all costs. Nowadays, due to the arrival of the global Coronavirus pandemic, the current administration of…
Read MoreThe US Needs Foreign Health Workers to Stay in the Country
The massive outbreak of Coronavirus in North American territory The health crisis we are currently facing happened so suddenly that countries around the world had to adopt emergency measures to protect the health of the population. Since the massive outbreak of Coronavirus in the US, healthcare providers have been the frontline in the battle against…
Read MoreICE does not Perform COVID-19 Test on all Immigrants
ICE continues deportations as normal Despite the imminent threat generated by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) continues with deportations during the health crisis. In fact, official figures show that more immigrants have been deported during the last two months than before the pandemic arrival. For this reason, ICE is being…
Read MoreVisa Bulletin for June 2020 Now Available
The State Department has already released the June Visa Bulletin After the massive outbreak of Coronavirus in North American territories, it finally seems that the immigration services gradually return to normal. Due to the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) decided to suspend face-to-face services from…
Read MoreSupreme Court Opens a Door of Hope for Deportation Cases
Deportation cases reached the Supreme Court After a long fight between the Trump government and the leaders of immigrant rights advocates, the concerns about deportations are being handled by the Supreme Court of Justice. The current administration of the US has tried by all means to reduce immigration in the country and the established processes…
Read MoreComplaints on Deportation amid Pandemic Continue
Immigration policies changed, except for deportations In light of the health crisis caused by the Coronavirus, the current government of the US decided to modify some of the immigration policies to mitigate the impact of the global pandemic. For instance, no immigrant can currently enter the country, not even asylum-seekers and refugees. Borders remain closed…
Read MoreDACA’s Uncertain Future
What is DACA? In 2012, during Barack Obama’s presidency, a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was launched. This program protects undocumented immigrants who came to the US when they were minors. The population that used this program the most were the so-called “Dreamers”. This benefit prevents deportation and allows thousands of immigrants…
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