Newsletter Week of May 8
USCIS Providing Documents After Notice of Immigration Judge and BIA Decisions About Immigration Status
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that they will begin to provide certain documents to eligible individuals after receiving notice of Immigration Judge and Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decisions about their immigration status. The documents will include the decision itself, any transcript of proceedings, and other relevant documents. USCIS aims to improve transparency and facilitate access to information about the immigration process.
Southern border braces for a migrant surge with Title 42 set to expire this week
The Title 42 order, which allowed for the expulsions of migrants apprehended at the southern border due to Covid-19 concerns, will be lifted on May 11, 2023. This move marks the end of a policy that has been in place since March 2020, and has been controversial for its humanitarian impact. The United States is bracing for the expiration of a pandemic-era border restriction this week, with officials fearing it will spur a surge of migrants and exacerbate an already challenging humanitarian crisis at the southern border. The Biden administration is expected to announce new guidelines for border enforcement in the coming days.
Biden would veto House GOP bill on border enforcement
President Joe Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S., including Ukrainian refugees, the White House said Monday. GOP lawmakers aim to vote on their Secure the Border Act on Thursday — the same day the emergency expulsion powers expire. Officials have already seen an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and are bracing for more. The Biden administration regularly argues that Congress needs to act significantly on the border in order to fix major problems that have led to record numbers of people illegally crossing. But this isn’t the way to do it, in the view of the White House.
