The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was passed by Congress in 1986. IRCA prohibits U.S. employers from hiring anyone who does not have legal authorization to work in the ...

Most green card applicants, those applying for lawful permanent residence status in the U.S., are required to attend an interview prior to green card approval. If you are overseas for ...

The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) is United Nations international human rights treaty. The aim of CAT is to prevent torture and ...

Tens of thousands of immigrants are held in private immigrant detention centers by the U.S. government each year. The centers are controlled by both Customs and Border Protection as well ...

A U.S. Green Card is highly sought after. With a Green Card, an immigrant can enjoy many of the rights held by U.S. citizens. The Green Card application process, however, ...

Millions of people apply for U.S. visas each year. Many of them are denied either due to a small mistake which ends up posing a significant delay in the process ...

While there is no exact definition of a sanctuary state or a sanctuary city, it has generally come to mean that a place has enacted laws aimed to help and ...

President Obama launched the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in June 2012. Under DACA, young, undocumented immigrants are granted deportation protection as well as a work permit. While ...

The I-601A provisional waiver allows certain immigrant visa applicants with relatives who are U.S. citizens or lawful residents to apply for a provisional waiver of the unlawful presence grounds of ...

Sometimes referred to as “deportation,” removal is the U.S. government process of determining whether a non-U.S. citizen must be removed from the country. It is a complicated process and one ...