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Trump Administration Issues Memo to Enforce Reimbursement Obligations of I-864 Sponsors

Photo: CafeCredit The Trump administration is mobilizing to strictly enforce laws that require the reimbursement of funds from an alien’s financial sponsor, where the alien has requested certain types of public benefits from a government agency. The White House has issued a memorandum stating that, “Financial sponsors who pledge to…

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This Week in Immigration News: TPS Extension for Yemen, Proposed Rule on Public Benefits published in the Federal Register, Kavanaugh Sworn in

Photo by Thomas Hawk, Flickr Extension of TPS Designation for Yemen The Department of Homeland Security has announced an extension of the TPS designation of Yemen for a period of 18 months, from September 4, 2018 to March 3, 2020. Re-registration is limited to persons who have previously registered for…

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DHS Proposes New Rule to Restrict Admission of Aliens Reliant on Public Benefits

On Saturday, September 22, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new proposed rule that may prevent non-citizens reliant, or likely to become reliant on public benefits, from gaining admission to the United States.  The new proposal entitled, “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds,” has been signed by the Secretary…

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