While the Trump Administration has made numerous attempts to curb legal and illegal immigration, the immigration court backlog has swelled from 542,000 cases in Jan. 2017 to more than 1 million as of Sept. 30, 2019, leaving people in Chicago waiting years to have their hearings before an... read more
Recent Blog Posts
Coming Soon: New Naturalization Test
Immigrants will be required to undergo a new naturalization test in the near future. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is currently revising the existing naturalization test to make improvements to increase accuracy. Specifically, these revisions will help ensure that the test... read more
USCIS Grants Help Immigrants Prepare to Become US Citizens
On September 26, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the organization would award nearly $10 million in grants to 41 organizations responsible for preparing lawful permanent residents (LPRs) for citizenship. The grants were also intended to help with... read more
ICE Ignoring Policies After Veterans Risked It All
As new legislation has been reintroduced to help ease the transition to citizenship for deported immigrant veterans, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has continued to ignore policies already in place. Although there are special considerations for immigration cases involving immigrant... read more
Applying for Immigration Benefits? Your Social Media Accounts Could Be in the Spotlight
The Department of Homeland Security will soon be collecting social media information from approximately 33 million immigrants annually who apply for permission to enter or stay in the United States as well as those applying to become U.S. citizens. Questions about social media accounts and user... read more
