The administration's policy, which will take effect Tuesday would include:

• DHS will provide a limited 6 month window in which it will adjudicate the renewal process for DACA recipients
• The administration won't consider new applications for legal status dated after Sept. 5. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will reject all daca initial requests and EAD applications received after the date of Tuesday's memo, September 5th.
• USCIS will adjudicate on an individual Case by case basis

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today published a revised Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Form I-485). The new Form I-485 and instructions have been substantially updated to reduce complexity after collecting comments from the public and stakeholders.

The revised version gives applicants better information to accurately complete Form I-485, including clear navigation to the parts of the form and isntructions that are relevant to the

El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) publicó una actualización de la Solicitud para Registrar Residencia Permanente o Ajustar Estatus (Formulario I-485). El nuevo Formulario I-485 y las instucciones han sido actualizadas sustancialmente para reducir su complejidad, luego de recopilar comentarios del público y de los clientes.

La versión revisada brinda a los solicitantes información más precisa para completar con exactitud el

On June 17, 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton issued a memorandum directing ICE staff to consider declining to put people in removal proceedings, terminating proceedings, or delaying removals in cases where people have longstanding ties to the community, U.S.-citizen family members, or other characteristics.

https://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf

“Prosecutorial discretion” is the authority of an agency or officer to

We are aware that some DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients may have submitted requests for renewals that have been pending longer than normal processing times. We make every effort to adjudicate cases within 120 days, whether they were filed timely or not. Timely filed cases are those that were submitted at least 120 days before the expiration of the current period of DACA and the employment authorization document.

This week, SCOTUSblog is publishing a multi-part online symposium on United States v. Texas, a challenge by Texas and twenty-five other states to the Obama administration's deferred action initiatives.

On November 20 and 21, 2014, President Barack Obama announced a series of administrative reforms of immigration policy, collectively called the Immigration Accountability Executive Action. The centerpiece of these reforms is an expansion of the current Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) initiative for the parents of U.S citizens and lawful permanent residents who meet certain criteria.

Travel to U.S. Territories such as the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by people who have been granted deferred status by USCIS is similar to travel to any one of the 50 states. However, we strongly recommend that you carry your USCIS documents showing deferred status with you in order to facilitate your ability to return to your residence. Please note that depending on the location of your travels, you may be subject to certain processes, including customs inspections.

WASHINGTON — President Obama will ask the Supreme Court to clear the way for his long-delayed immigration overhaul, administration lawyers said Tuesday, setting up another high-stakes legal contest in the nation’s highest court over the fate of one of the president’s signature achievements.

Washington D.C. – In a disappointing but unsurprising decision, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the federal government’s appeal of the preliminary injunction that has temporarily stopped President Obama’s latest deferred action initiatives from being implemented. This decision clears the way for the Obama Administration to take this case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The deferred action initiatives, announced almost one year ago, in November 2014, include

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For individuals who entered without inspection, subsequently were granted Temporary Protected Status, and now seeks to adjust his or her status. The basis for this argument—and for the court decisions which have adopted it—is that a grant of TPS satisfies the requirement in the adjustment statute that the applicant has been “admitted” to the U.S.