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Washington Post Columnist, Philip Bump interviewed an Immigration Attorney and asked one question, “What should you do if approached by ICE?“! He asked that question to practicing Immigration Attorney, David Leopold, a past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a practicing attorney in Ohio! This video interview is about two minutes long and includes important information! 

To view the interview, please review the Washington Post Video, “What should you do if approached by ICE?“. 

 
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This is a video and transcript of a PBS News Hour interview with David Bier, Director of Immigration Studies, Cato Institute about Trump’s actions on immigration during his first 100 days in office. The PBS News Hour White House Correspondent, Laura Barron-Lapex conducted a six-minute interview with Bier which gave some interesting insight into Trump’s actions. 

For more details and to view the video, review this link, “Analyzing Trump’s actions on immigration during his first 100 days“. 

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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 18, 2025!

Update to Form G-1055, Fee Schedule. New Edition Dated 04/15/25.
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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!

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced-on Thursday, April 9, 2025, they have begun screening aliens (undocumented noncitizens) for any antisemitic activity on social media or harassment of Jewish people as grounds for denying immigration benefits! 

The USCIS news release, “DHS to Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for Antisemitism”, stated, “Under this guidance, USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, or other antisemitic activity as a negative factor in any USCIS discretionary analysis when adjudicating immigration benefit requests. This guidance is effective immediately.” 

 
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