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LATEST ANALYSIS
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USCIS Reduces Its Backlog for the First Time in Years [[link removed]]
On February 9, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released data about its progress toward meeting its strategic goals in fiscal year (FY) 2023. For the first time in years, the agency reduced its net backlog, despite having received a record 10.9 million filings.
DHS Changes H-1B Registration Process to Give Noncitizens an Equal Chance of Selection [[link removed]]
The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued a final rule that changes H-1B registration selection and makes other changes related to the registration process.
Unlocking America’s Economic Potential: Insights on Immigration from the CBO Budget and Economic Outlook Report [[link removed]]
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook covering the period from 2024 to 2034, outlining fiscal projections for the United States for the next ten years.
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. After a failed first attempt, the second vote passed, 214 to 213.
The impeachment process in the House was political grandstanding and will do nothing to address the challenges at our border. The American Immigration Council will continue advocating for real solutions, like investing in our immigration courts and rehauling our humanitarian protections.
Read more: Beyond A Border Solution [[link removed]]
ACROSS THE NATION
Last week, the Senate passed the long-awaited supplemental funding bill without any of the immigration measures in the legislation proposed last week. The bill originally offered funding for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel in exchange for a variety of significant changes to immigration law and border policy.
Though the immigration measures didn’t pass in this bill, the ideas in the bill may live on and could be incorporated in other legislation in the future.
The Council published a comprehensive yet digestible analysis of the immigration measures in the Senate bill, looking at what they would do to our current system and what actions the U.S. government could take instead.
Read more: An Analysis of the Senate Border Bill [[link removed]]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Advocating for stricter immigration policy, regardless of the actual results, is just plain easier than demanding a fairer and more just process for people who are not U.S. citizens... You’re preying on people’s fears and if you can do that successfully, there’s very little that can be done to bring somebody back from that."
– Jorge Loweree, Managing Director for Programs and Strategy at the American Immigration Council for HuffPost [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
USA Today: Border life goes on despite bill failure and threat to 'shut it down' [[link removed]]
Global Atlanta: Georgia Needs More Doctors, But I Can’t Be One of Them [[link removed]]
EFE Newswire: La presión de Trump empuja a Biden a endurecer al máximo su política migratoria [[link removed]]
USA Today: Illegal immigration outpacing U.S. births? No, that claim is built on misused data [[link removed]]
Arizona Daily Star: Aid workers threatened with arrest for evacuating migrants left in cold [[link removed]]
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