Immigration News

April 30, 2026

USCIS – Tracking Applications, Approvals, and Processing Times using Interactive Dashboard

The American Immigration Council (AIC) created an interactive dashboard of USCIS Immigration Filing Trends so that the data can be visualized! This dashboard visualizes a decade of USCIS immigration data, showing trends in application volume, processing times, approval rates, and backlog growth to make the system easier to understand.

For more information and to view and use the AIC dashboard, please click the link, “Tracking Applications, Approvals, and Processing Times by Fiscal Year“!

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April 29, 2026

Legal Immigration To U.S. Plunges As H-1B, Student & Family Visas Collapse Under Trump Policies

by Kellie N. Lego

Mint is an India based business and financial daily newspaper published by HT Media. They also have a YouTube Channel (@livemint) where they recently posted a video entitled, “Legal Immigration To U.S. Plunges As H-1B, Student & Family Visas Collapse Under Trump Policies“! In their opinion, the biggest decline in the U.S. Immigration under the Trump Administration has been legal immigration.

To view the complete YouTube @livemint video, please click the link, “Legal Immigration To U.S. Plunges As H-1B, Student & Family Visas Collapse Under Trump Policies”!

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April 27, 2026

Immigration News – Top News Stories – DACA Deportations

by Kellie N. Lego

List of some of the Top News Stories related to “DACA Deportations”:

U.S. Senator Padilla Office (padilla.senate.gov), 4/15/26, Press Release:

ICYMI: Padilla Speaks With Wrongfully Deported DACA Recipient About Returning to U.S., Reuniting With Daughter

April 23, 2026

Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): New Jersey, New Mexico and New York – Update

by Kellie N. Lego

UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact!

The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.

With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; New Jersey, New Mexico and New York!

April 16, 2026

Immigration News – Top News Stories – ICE Arrests

by Kellie N. Lego

List of some of the Top News Stories related to “ICE Arrests”:

Prison Policy Initiative (prisonpolicy.org), 12/11/25, Blog Post:

New ICE arrest data show the power of state and local governments to curtail mass deportations

April 13, 2026

Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): Nebraska, Nevada and New Hampshire – Update

by Kellie N. Lego

UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact!

The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.

With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Nebraska, Nevada and New Hampshire!

April 9, 2026

Immigration News – Top News Stories – ICE Arrests

by Kellie N. Lego

List of some of the Top News Stories related to “ICE Arrests”:

NPR WPSU (npr.org), 3/26/26, News Article:

DOJ admits ICE courthouse arrests relied on erroneous information

April 3, 2026

2026 USCIS Forms Updates – 4/1

by Kellie N. Lego

The USCIS Forms Updates web page lists their most recently updated forms. The list includes forms as they publish them and includes a brief explanation for the update.

The updated form listed below is their most recent addition to the list, dated April 1, 2026!

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April 1, 2026

Immigrants in each State (fact sheets): Mississippi, Missouri and Montana – Update

by Kellie N. Lego

UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact!

The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.

With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Mississippi, Missouri and Montana!

March 30, 2026

Immigration News – Top News Stories – Markwayne Mullin

by Kellie N. Lego

List of some of the Top News Stories related to “Markwayne Mullin”:

CNBC (cnbc.com), 3/11/26, News Article and Audio:

Who is Markwayne Mullin? Trump ally will bring conservative immigration policies to DHS