February 26, 2021 – The Biden administration has begun admitting migrants enrolled in the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) to the United States to await decisions on their asylum applications, instead of keeping them stranded in northern Mexico. This most recent step in unwinding Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border follows the decision to end […]
Sarah Pierce and Doris Meissner, Migration Policy Institute
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Sarah Pierce and Doris Meissner: USCIS Budget Implosion Owes to Far More than the Pandemic
June 15, 2020 – The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought immigration case processing to a near standstill. Citing the pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is urging Congress to provide $1.2 billion to address its severe budget shortfall. Without this emergency infusion, the agency has warned that it may have to furlough as many […]