Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and Burma
Haiti and Burma were recently designated for 18-month Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by the US Department of Homeland Security. This 18-month TPS designation allows Haitian nationals living in the US as of May 21, 2021, and Burmese nationals living in the US as of March 11, 2021, to file initial or renewal applications for TPS. This TPS designation is also applicable to individuals without nationality who last resided in either Haiti or Burma. According to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the current situation in Haiti, including a political crisis, social unrest, “an increase in human rights abuses, crippling poverty, and lack of basic resources, which are exacerbated […]
Attorney Claudine Gasana’s interview with Fox News Now on Biden Immigration policies
On Saturday, May 22,2021, Houston Immigration Lawyer Claudine Umuhire Gasana was honored to be interviewed by Rain Augustine from FOX NewsNow on the current immigration policies; what actions should lawmakers take to make the immigration system work; and what changes has the Biden made so far. The discussion is specifically about the migrate surge in the south western border where the U.S. Border patrol has reported nearly 1.32,000 encounters with migrants. Though the coronavirus outbreak had reduced the migration last year but again this year number seems to be increasing drastically. The continuous influx of immigrants in to the United States of America needs to be handled in a […]
The Biden administration immigration policy changes
The United States President Joe Biden signed executive orders after being sworn in as President of the United States. He has brought few Immigration Policy Changes. The executive order reverses a policy adopted earlier by President Donald Trump: • Revocation of the Muslim and African travel bans. Read this Fact Sheet on the impact of the changes. • 100-day pause on deportations and rescission of the February 2017 Trump order announcing all-out enforcement without any prioritization • Declaration of the end of the “national emergency” at the southern border • Halt in border wall construction • Preservation of and plans to “fortify” the DACA initiative • Suspension of new enrollments […]