WASHINGTON, February 22, 2021 – Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it was reversing a controversial civics test that the Trump administration put in place just weeks before it left office. The 2020 civics test was condemned by advocates as a ploy to keep citizenship out of reach for those with limited English proficiency, was criticized […]
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DHS proposal another brick added to a “Second Wall” denying lawful pathways to immigration and rights of citizenship
March 30, 2018 – In its latest escalation of cruel attacks on immigrants, the Trump administration is reportedly mulling increased penalties — even threatening avenues to residency — against immigrants using ordinary benefits. Under the draft proposal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), immigrants whose families have received almost any form of public benefit, […]