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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved 10,000 U visas for the fifth fiscal year 2014. USCIS began issuing U visas in the year 2008. Every year, the agency makes available 10,000 U visas for the victims of certain crimes. Immigrants who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse can apply for these visas. […]

The Obama administration will now allow another group of immigrants to stay in the United States. According to the Nov 14 policy memorandum from USCIS, immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who were last admitted into the country under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), will be granted permission to apply for adjustment of status and remain

Several immigration activists are fasting on the National Mall in order to protest the inaction of the House on the immigration reform bill. President Obama and the First Lady visited these activists on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. President Obama appreciated their efforts and said that his administration is proud of them. He is sure

The debate over comprehensive immigration reform in the United States is heating up. A comprehensive immigration reform bill has been approved and passed by the U.S. Senate and the immigration activists and many others in the United States want the House Republicans to pass that bill. Religious and business groups and a majority of Americans

Immigration activists fasting for immigration reform were cheered by the First Lady, Michelle Obama. She offered her support to the Fast for Families activists who have set up tents in the National Mall. The activists are hoping to create momentum for immigration reform. They received a tweet from the First Lady, Michelle Obama expressing support

More than 63 percent of Americans want the lawmakers to pass an immigration reform bill that includes a pathway to U.S. citizenship for the country’s undocumented immigrants, according to the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute. Around 14 percent of Americans do not want the country to put such immigrants on a path to U.S. citizenship

Jose Antonio Vargas, an immigrant rights activist and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has made a documentary that is all about his own experiences as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. He has now sold the rights to his documentary, named “Documented”, to CNN. This film on immigration tells the story of how Vargas was

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is pushing the U.S. Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. According to him, this is one of the biggest civil rights issues. He stated in an ABC News interview that he helped to found the immigration advocacy group Forward.us, after an undocumented child told that he will not be going

President Obama recently declared that he would be willing to take a step-by-step approach to the immigration reform issue. He said that he would back the bills of the Republicans if their bills include all provisions that have been included in the Senate immigration reform bill. A bipartisan bill was passed by the U.S. Senate