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A vast majority of Americans believe that the U.S. should remain multicultural. A new POLITICO poll found substantial support for two crucial issues, immigration reform and gun control. The poll shows that there is a broad support for immigration reform and voters will be warmer towards lawmakers who back reform. Seventy-one percent of voters surveyed […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking to attract highly skilled workers to the U.S. and retain them. The DHS recently announced the publication of proposed rules that would permit the H-4 husbands or wives of certain H-1B workers to work here. This is good news for the H-4 dependents of H-1B workers

If you are considering becoming a U.S. citizen, you need to know that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has stopped accepting older editions of Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The agency will now accept only the current edition of the naturalization application. To apply for U.S. citizenship, you will need to file Form N-400

The current U.S. immigration laws adversely impact undocumented immigrants and their children. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, there are more than 12 million people in the U.S. who are undocumented. There are around 5.5 million children in the country who have at least one parent without documentation. Deportations affect such immigrant and

There are around 50,000 Haitian nationals in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). If you are a Haitian national and if you have TPS, this is the right time for you to re-register for TPS. The last date to re-register is May 2, 2014. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently made an announcement

Many people believe that U.S. citizenship only confers upon them the right to vote in federal elections and take part in the civic life. This is not the only benefit of naturalization; there are many other lesser-known benefits of citizenship. If you are a legal permanent resident (green card holder), you will have to update

The Immigration and Nationality Act lets nonimmigrants who are living in the U.S. change their temporary status to become a lawful permanent resident (green card holder) without having to leave the country. This process is known as adjustment of status. There are two ways to get an immigrant visa that would let you permanently live

The H-2B visa program helps U.S. employers who are unable to find workers in the U.S. to bring workers from abroad to the U.S. for non-agricultural jobs. Employers who wish to bring non-agricultural workers to the U.S. need to file Form I-129, Petition for Non-immigrant Worker, for those workers and sponsor them. U.S. employers can bring

Immigration reform activists believe that a reform bill that would bestow legal status upon undocumented immigrants would prevent domestic violence. Innumerable victims of domestic violence and other crimes do not report crimes and do not seek help from law enforcement authorities due to their unlawful immigration status. But they would feel more confident and seek

If you are one of the almost half-million people who received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near when it first became available, your work authorization cards will be expiring soon. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has stated from the beginning that, if you have received DACA and