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July 16 at 3:40 PM ·
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"The Trump administration on Tuesday said it is reimposing its "public charge" wealth test for green cards that had been blocked during the pandemic, a move likely to alarm advocates, who have warned about the policy's impact on immigrant communities ravaged by the coronavirus. The 2019 rule, which gives officials more power to deny permanent residency to applicants the government deems rely or could rely on public benefits like food stamps or housing vouchers, was blocked in late July by a federal judge who found it was hampering efforts to contain the virus."
CBSNEWS.COM
Trump administration reimposes "public charge" immigration wealth test following court orders
"The administration of United States President Donald Trump is racing to toughen the process for US companies to hire skilled foreign workers before the end of the year, changes top Trump officials argue will preserve jobs for Americans amid high unemployment and be politically difficult to reverse. With just weeks to go until the November 3 election, the White House budget office is reviewing a fast-track regulation that would narrow the definition of a “specialty occupation” eligible for a skilled-worker visa under the H-1B programme, according to the budget office website and administration officials."
ALJAZEERA.COM
Trump admin races to raise H-1B visa hurdles for skilled workers
"There are almost 45 million immigrants in the United States today. That's nearly 17% of the country's labor force, up from 12.4 percent in 2000, and 6.7 percent in 1980. But it's not just the number of immigrants in the U.S. that has changed: the nature of immigration, and the makeup of migrants to the U.S. has also changed. Those demographic shifts could have huge consequences for the U.S. economy."
NPR.ORG
How Immigration Is Changing The U.S. Economy : The Indicator from Planet Money
"The 2020 Asian American Voter Survey — released on Tuesday, September 15 by APIA Vote, AAPI Data, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC — gauges how registered voters are feeling about the upcoming election and candidates, and their positions on certain issues...Of the Fil-Am voters, 62% said they are “more enthusiastic” than they were in previous cycles, the highest level of support compared to the Chinese, Indian, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese groups surveyed."
ASIANJOURNAL.COM
Survey: Fil-Am voters most enthusiastic about 2020 election among Asian American groups
"After immigrants apply for immigration benefits and submit their forms with the all the requirements, it is common for immigration authorities ask for more evidence to establish eligibility in support of their visa, green card, asylum and citizenship through naturalization petitions. These Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requests and notifications give applicants the opportunity to intervene by providing more documentation or correcting mistakes before adjudicators close or denied their cases."
MIAMIHERALD.COM
U.S. offering breaks on immigration deadlines due to pandemic — but higher fees await
Trump Reshaped the US Immigration System - But It's Been Ignored at the Debates, What It Takes to be a Foreign Student in the U.S. Now, and more on this week's Immigration News Weekly.
LAZAROLAW.COM
Immigration News Weekly
"The United States officially observes and recognizes October every year as the Filipino American History Month. This has been so since 2009 when the 111th US Congress, the US Senate and the House of representatives, passed respective resolutions officially recognizing October as Filipino American History Month. Earlier in 2006, California first recognized Filipino American History Month statewide, enrolling the annual event in California’s Department of Education ‘celebrations calendar.’"
NEWS.ABS-CBN.COM
Why Filipino American History Month is celebrated in October
"A federal judge ruled on Thursday that President Trump overstepped his authority in suspending new visas for hundreds of thousands of foreign workers amid the coronavirus pandemic, enabling major companies like Microsoft, Goodyear Tire and Exxon Mobil to resume bringing employees from abroad. Judge Jeffrey S. White of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California temporarily blocked further implementation of the sweeping order, issued in June, as it applied to thousands of companies seeking to bring workers to the United States on a wide array of visas, including the H-1B for high-skilled workers, seasonal employees on guest-worker visas and others, such as au pairs, who enter the country on cultural exchange visas."
NYTIMES.COM
Judge Blocks Trump’s Ban on Foreign Workers
"The 2020 presidential election will pit two drastically different visions on immigration against each other, with the victor retaining or assuming broad executive authorities that have dominated policy-making on the issue for decades in the absence of congressional action. President Trump's reelection would allow his administration to continue cracking down on unauthorized immigrants, limiting legal immigration and curtailing humanitarian protections for foreigners. During a second term, Mr. Trump could also see through major policy changes to the U.S. immigration system that have so far been stalled by federal courts."
CBSNEWS.COM
Trump vs. Biden race to dictate fate of U.S. immigration for years to come
"Among health care workers as a whole, the outsized impact of the virus on Filipino Americans is likely much greater. In California — where more than 39,000 health care workers have contracted COVID-19 and 191 have died — Filipino Americans comprise about 12% of all health care workers and 11% of health care support jobs, like assistants in nursing homes — putting them in vulnerable essential jobs where coronavirus has run rampant and personal protective equipment has been chronically scarce."
MERCURYNEWS.COM
California’s Filipino American nurses are dying from COVID-19 at alarming rates
Seminar on the state of US Immigration
Providing important information to the community
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October 23 at 3:31 PM ·
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US Election 2020: Trump's Impact on Immigration - in Seven Charts, ICE Plans to Target Undocumented Immigrations Who Didn't Voluntarily Leave the US, and more on this week's Immigration News Weekly.
LAZAROLAW.COM
Immigration News Weekly
"As part of the city’s popular Shared Spaces program, SOMA Pilipinas is hosting its weekly Sunday Streets through October, a regular pop-up that intends to support the local Filipino and South of Market community during Filipino American History Month. A farmer’s market, local restaurants, and Bay Area retailers will be positioned through Folsom Street between Sixth and Eighth streets. These Sunday Streets are created in collaboration with local non-profits Livable City, Undiscovered SF, and Kultivate Labs. Vendors include Uncle Tito, which will be serving Filipino food-inspired sliders, Ox & Tiger, a pop-up revolving around Japanese-Filipino fusion flavors, and Cat Club, a rock-and-roll dim-sum dance club. "
SFWEEKLY.COM
SOMA Pilipinas' Sunday Streets Open for Business - SF Weekly
VISA BULLETIN UPDATE: October 2020
LAZAROLAW.COM
Visa Bulletin - October 2020
"Estate attorneys, certified public accountants (CPAs) and the very wealthy will likely go to war with the federal government with President-elect Joe Biden come Jan. 20. The issue at hand? Biden’s tax reform proposals, including a little-known provision called step-up in basis."
FORBES.COM
What A Biden Win Means For Tax Policy
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California Divorce and Annulment
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FILAMSTAR.COM
After Divorce: Dividing your property | FilAmstar
"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has said that one of his first priorities will be rolling back his predecessor’s restrictive immigration policies. To do it, he may have to overhaul the Department of Homeland Security, which has been bent to President Trump’s will over the past four years."
NYTIMES.COM
Biden Faces Early Test With Immigration and Homeland Security After Trump
THU, MAR 11 AT 12:00 PM PST
FBANC's Legacy Panel 3: Past Presidents from 2000-2020
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https://philpostblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/the-biden-immigration-plan/
https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-extends-flexibility-for-responding-to-agency-requests-3
For now, the Service is allowing leniency when submitting documents.
USCIS.GOV
USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests
Short Term Jobs are now available for foreign workers
PHILSTAR.COM
Biden revives H-2B visa for working Pinoys
LAZAROLAW.COM
The Biden Immigration Plan
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https://philpostblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/14/the-future-of-us-immigration-reversing-trump/
