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Time of India
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
‘The days of exploiting our immigration system are over', says USCIS as Trump administration completes 100 days
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS ) said it has taken several steps in the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second administration to tighten immigration controls, address system vulnerabilities, and restore what it called "commonsense policies." The agency also highlighted steps it has taken over the past days to strengthen national security by improving screening and vetting procedures, assisting enforcement agencies, and reducing the exploitation of humanitarian parole and temporary protected status programs. USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser said 'In the first 100 days, USCIS put a stop to disastrous Biden-era 'humanitarian' policies that invited fraud and allowed criminal aliens to legally live and work in our communities.' He added 'Aliens, immigration attorneys and non-government organizations take note: the days of exploiting our immigration system are over. Aliens who want to live and work in America need to do it legally or get out.' Alien Registration Requirement USCIS said it implemented the Alien Registration Requirement (ARR) to track the presence of foreign nationals, review criminal records, and maintain awareness of activities inside the U.S. Nearly 47,000 submissions have been made under this new requirement as of April 29, the agency said. The agency has also deployed around 450 volunteers to support ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations across 85 facilities. Since January 20, 2025, USCIS has helped facilitate 369 arrests at its field offices. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Mountain Gear for Extreme Conditions Trek Kit India Learn More Undo In a joint effort with other agencies, USCIS said it played a critical role in taking down a large-scale marriage fraud scheme, leading to multiple indictments and arrests. Changes to parole and protected status programs USCIS announced the termination of broad humanitarian parole programs, including those for citizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Approximately 531,000 individuals have been notified of the termination of their parole and work authorizations. In addition, USCIS ended the previous administration's extensions of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and Venezuela, aiming to curb what it described as the abuse of humanitarian relief pathways. The agency reported completing 7,120 benefit fraud records and identifying fraud in over 4,600 cases. More than 2,200 site visits to workplaces were conducted, and social media activity of 3,568 subjects was screened. USCIS said it has incorporated social media vetting focused on identifying anti-American and antisemitic sentiments, considering such findings as negative factors in immigration benefit assessments. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Business Mayor
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Business Mayor
First 100 Days: USCIS Delivering on Making America Safe Again
Ensuring National Security and Restoring Commonsense Policies WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is aggressively working to ensure America's national security by addressing vulnerabilities in immigration policies, reducing exploitation of humanitarian parole programs, and assisting enforcement agencies in identifying and removing illegal aliens. In the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, USCIS has restored robust screening and vetting capabilities; re-emphasized fraud detection and deterrence; reduced exploitation of the immigration system through humanitarian and temporary protected status programs; in partnership with other agencies, helped reduce encounters at our southern border and increase safety at home, with violent criminal aliens rapidly being removed from our neighborhoods; and introduced commonsense policy and operational solutions to help protect Americans. 'In the first 100 days, USCIS put a stop to disastrous Biden-era 'humanitarian' policies that invited fraud and allowed criminal aliens to legally live and work in our communities; facilitated arrests of criminals attempting to gain immigration benefits; and for the first time in decades is ensuring every alien in the U.S. is registered as required by law,' said USCIS Spokesman Matthew Tragesser. 'Aliens, immigration attorneys and non-government organizations take note: the days of exploiting our immigration system are over. Aliens who want to live and work in America need to do it legally or get out.' Addressing Vulnerabilities, Restoring Trust in the Immigration System USCIS implemented the Alien Registration Requirement (ARR), which strengthens national security, promotes accountability and upholds the rule of law. ARR allows USCIS and other agencies to track the presence of aliens in the U.S., review their criminal records, if any, and maintain awareness of their activities. USCIS recently developed an ARR Determination Tool that guides aliens through specific questions to help determine whether they must submit Form G-325R, Biographic Information (Registration). With almost 47,000 submissions as of April 29, USCIS is extensively promoting public awareness of this requirement and the penalties for non-compliance. Read More US supreme court extends block on Texas police migrant law USCIS continues to deploy volunteers to support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations. USCIS currently has ~450 volunteers detailed to ICE supporting 85 facilities across the country. USCIS is actively engaged in cross-agency partnerships in immigration enforcement and public safety, including having facilitated 369 arrests at USCIS field offices since Jan. 20, 2025. Press releases highlighting USCIS involvement in arrests and convictions can be found in the USCIS Newsroom. In cooperation with ICE, the Diplomatic Security Service and the U.S. Attorney's Office for Maryland, USCIS played a critical role in taking down a large-scale marriage fraud scheme leading to the indictment of four ringleaders and the arrests of aliens attempting to defraud the immigration system. USCIS is closing screening and vetting loopholes from the Biden Administration and prioritizing the safety of Americans by accurately applying Terrorism Related Inadmissibility Grounds to deny members of transnational crime organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations access to immigration benefits. Ending Exploitation Through Categorical Parole and Temporary Protected Status USCIS is fulfilling the administration's goal of terminating categorical programs that run contrary to U.S. policy. This includes stopping broad abuse of humanitarian parole authority by ending the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parole program, and ensuring consideration of parole requests on a case-by-case basis. Approximately 531,000 aliens have been notified of the termination of their parole and employment authorization and encouraged to use the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Home app to report their departure from the United States. Ending the exploitation and abuse of Temporary Protected Status, USCIS rescinded the prior administration's extension of Haiti's Temporary Protected Status and ended the extension of Venezuela's 2023 Temporary Protected Status designation. Restoring Stronger Safeguards and Commonsense Policies USCIS is restoring robust screening and vetting capabilities, enabling us to detect aliens with potentially harmful intent and to deter them from trying to enter the United States. USCIS is ensuring officers have access to the tools and training needed to detect immigration fraud and protect national security and is actively increasing awareness of the consequences of immigration fraud. Aliens who use false information or deceitful practices to unfairly obtain immigration benefits will face serious consequences, including prison, steep fines, and removal from the U.S. Some of our screening and vetting efforts since Jan. 20, 2025, include: Completing 7,120 benefit fraud records; Identifying fraud in 4,664 number of records; Referring 462 benefit fraud records and 4,672 egregious public safety records to ICE for criminal investigation or enforcement; Completing 2,271 site visits to workplaces; and Screening 3,568 subjects' social media activity. USCIS adopted social media vetting for anti-Americanism to consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, or other antisemitic or anti-American activity as a negative factor in any USCIS discretionary analysis when adjudicating immigration benefit requests. USCIS initiated an overhaul of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to eliminate transaction fees for participating state, local, territorial, and tribal government users, streamline mass alien status checks, and integrate criminal records, immigration timelines, and addresses into results. This will help prevent aliens from exploiting taxpayer-funded public benefits or voting illegally. USCIS returned to its historical policy of recognizing only two sexes, male and female, that are binary, biological, and not changeable. USCIS is working to protect the integrity of women's sports by ensuring that aliens traveling to the United States to compete do so only in sporting events for their biological sex. Read More Tracking Trump – updates on the presidency's first 100 days USCIS issued new Covid vaccination guidance, waiving all requirements for aliens applying for Green Cards to show that they received COVID-19 vaccination. USCIS ended coordination on naturalization ceremonies with sanctuary cities that restrict the ability of law enforcement to cooperate with DHS to enforce immigration laws and keep American communities safe from illegal and violent aliens. For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit or follow us on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Newsweek
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
White House Announces Number of Illegal Immigrant Registrations
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that 47,000 illegal immigrants had notified the government of their presence, after new regulations were introduced. The figure for the 2 1/2 weeks since the Alien Registration Requirement (ARR) kicked in was part of a rundown of actions taken by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) since President Donald Trump's return to office. "That number really doesn't put a dent in the population they are trying to serve, which at a 30-thousand-foot level says to me that it's ineffective," Jeff Joseph, president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, told Newsweek, adding that the policy was confusing for immigrants, likely putting many off. Why It Matters The requirement puts those in the U.S. without legal status in a potentially no-win situation. Failure to register could lead to criminal prosecution, but informing the government where they are living and how long they have been in the U.S. without documentation could also lead to deportation or other actions, also. Nora Sandigo, left, who runs a nonprofit dedicated to supporting immigrant families, speaks with people worried about the possibility of being deported, educating them about their legal rights and options to protect their families, on... Nora Sandigo, left, who runs a nonprofit dedicated to supporting immigrant families, speaks with people worried about the possibility of being deported, educating them about their legal rights and options to protect their families, on January 17 in Florida City, Florida. More AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell What To Know While many of the roughly 11 million immigrants without legal status have registered with the government in some way previously, through applications for documentation or holding a visa, the American Immigration Lawyers Association has said the ARR would likely impact "millions" who have not filed an official application in the past. USCIS said in its Tuesday update that it was "actively promoting public awareness" of the need for illegal immigrants to register within 30 days of the requirement's launching, which would be May 11. The agency has also created a tool for immigrants to use in determining if they need to fill out a form. During last year's presidential election campaign, Trump claimed that former President Joe Biden had allowed millions of illegal immigrants to enter the country and that many were not accounted for. While a proportion of undocumented immigrants did arrive over the past four years, a much larger share has been in the country for upward of a decade. USCIS did have the details of around half a million immigrants who arrived under humanitarian parole during the previous administration, namely from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. It said 531,000 people had been notified that their status had been terminated and urged to self-deport. Self-deportation is being monitored by another Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with the CBP Home app including a feature for immigrants to notify the government of intention to depart and subsequent arrival in their home country. While DHS said "thousands" had used the feature, exact numbers have yet to be rendered. Among the other actions taken as part of a strengthening of immigration enforcement by the Trump administration, USCIS said it had assisted in the arrest of 369 immigrants at its offices across the country, something Joseph told Newsweek was unusual. Agents have also rooted out thousands of cases of potential immigration and benefits fraud, USCIS said. Social media vetting has also been ramped up under the Trump administration, with notable cases of visas being revoked due to potential antisemitic or pro-Hamas remarks and actions. USCIS said it had screened 3,568 immigrants' social media activity since January 20. What People Are Saying Joseph, in his interview with Newsweek: "The agency that grants benefits is not supposed to be the agency that entraps you into enforcement at the same time. So, to me it's a real travesty to send people in to legitimate interviews for citizenship, only to arrest them. It's certainly a bait-and-switch we haven't seen before." David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, in a statement shared with Newsweek: "President Trump promised to deport 'millions and millions' of immigrants. Through 100 days, he's falling short of that goal, but that has only emboldened his attacks on the judiciary, due process, and the rights of both noncitizens and citizens. The lawless chaos that has brought America to the brink of a constitutional crisis has no economic or social upside. It will weaken the country, impoverish Americans, and make them less safe." USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser, in a press release: "In the first 100 days, USCIS put a stop to disastrous Biden-era 'humanitarian' policies that invited fraud and allowed criminal aliens to legally live and work in our communities; facilitated arrests of criminals attempting to gain immigration benefits; and for the first time in decades is ensuring every alien in the U.S. is registered as required by law." Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, in a press release: "President Trump said from the start: criminal illegals have no place in our homeland. He is keeping his promise." What's Next Republicans in Congress are pushing for billions in extra funding for immigration enforcement, as part of budget reconciliation talks this week. The cash would be earmarked to heighten border security and expand detention, while USCIS continues to be funded solely by application fees.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Yahoo
Will US enforcement requiring some visitors to register affect Canadians in Florida?
Canadian license plates are common on Florida roads during "snowbird" season when visitors head south to avoid the worst of the winter weather. Some changes are coming when it comes to Canadians — and other foreign nationals — who like to visit the United States. Beginning April 11, Canadians who stay in America for more than 30 days will have to register with the U.S. government. ➤ Canada updates its US travel guidance, adds registration rule Time will tell whether that will change the number of annual visitors to the Sunshine State. The number of visitors from Canada has been growing, but as of 2024, they haven't reached pre-COVID levels, according to VisitFlorida. Here's what you should know. Preliminary estimates indicate Canadian visitors totaled 3.271 million in 2024, up by +1.2% over 2023, according to a report from Visit Florida. "While down 20.0% from pre-pandemic 2019, this marks the closest that Canadian visitation has come to prepandemic levels," VisitFlorida said. Of the almost 3.3 million, 2.143 million Canadians traveled by air and 1.128 million by other means. Canadians — along with other foreign nationals — who stay in America for more than 30 days have to register with the U.S. government. Most Canadian travelers do not have to provide fingerprints, Canada's guidance said. The rule will take effect on April 11. "Canadians and other foreign nationals visiting the United States for periods longer than 30 days must be registered with the United States Government. Failure to comply with the registration requirement could result in penalties, fines, and misdemeanor prosecution," according to "Upon entry into the United States, non-U.S. citizens must provide biometrics, such as digital fingerprints and a photograph. Most Canadian citizens are exempt from this requirement. "Every country or territory decides who can enter or exit through its borders. The Government of Canada cannot intervene on your behalf if you do not meet your destination's entry or exit requirements. On his first day in office, Jan. 20, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to enforce the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that requires anyone who plans to stay in the U.S. for 30 days or more to register with the U.S. The Alien Registration Requirement reads: "With limited exceptions, all aliens 14 years of age or older who were not registered and fingerprinted (if required) when applying for a U.S. visa and who remain in the United States for 30 days or longer, must apply for registration and fingerprinting. "Similarly, parents and legal guardians of aliens below the age of 14 must ensure that those aliens are registered. "Within 30 days of reaching his or her 14th birthday, all previously registered aliens must apply for re-registration and to be fingerprinted. "Once an alien has registered and appeared for fingerprinting (unless waived), DHS (Department of Homeland Security) will issue evidence of registration, which aliens over the age of 18 must carry and keep in their personal possession at all times." The existing rule requiring all foreign nationals to register with U.S. authorities has not been applied consistently for Canadians coming to America, according to The Guardian. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services explained the process to register on its website. It made a special note that Canadian visitors and those under 14 years of age will not be required to appear for a biometric services appointment. Create a USCIS Online Account: To register, you must first create a USCIS online account. Each person registering must have their own individual USCIS online account. This includes those under the age of 14. If you are the parent or legal guardian of an alien under the age of 14 who needs to register, you will need to set up an individual USCIS online account on your child's behalf and in their name. Step 2: Submit Form G-325R: Fill out an electronic version of the Form G-325R, Biographic Information (Registration). Form G-325R must be filed online through a USCIS online account. It cannot be filed by mail or in person. USCIS review of Form G-325R: USCIS will review the information you provided and any DHS records that are available about you. If it appears that you have already complied with the registration requirements in some other way and do not need to submit Form G-325R, USCIS will notify you that you have already complied with the registration requirement. If it appears that you are required to register, USCIS will review your Form G-325R to determine if you are required to appear for a biometric services appointment. If you are not required to appear for a biometric services appointment (for example, Canadian visitors and people under 14 years of age), USCIS will provide you with evidence of registration Attend appointment for biometrics collection: If you are required to register and provide biometrics, USCIS will schedule you for a biometric services appointment. There is no fee. Receive registration documentation: Once you have registered and provided your biometrics (if required), we will post a notice that provides proof of your registration to your USCIS online your USCIS online account, you will be allowed to download a PDF version of the notice and can print it. "Any alien who willfully fails or refuses to apply to register or be fingerprinted (if required), and any parent or legal guardian who is required to apply for the registration on behalf of an alien less than 14 years of age and who willfully fails or refuses to file an application for the registration of such alien, will be guilty of a misdemeanor and will, upon conviction, be fined not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both," according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Canadians staying in US longer must register. See requirement
Bloomberg
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump to Force Migrants to Join Registry or Face Fines, Prison
The Trump administration is planning to require undocumented immigrants to join a federal registry, threatening potential fines, prison time and deportation for anyone caught failing to participate. Adding to President Donald Trump's broad immigration crackdown, enforcement of the 'Alien Registration Requirement' is rooted in a 1940 law intended to root out subversive activities and identify anyone trying to overthrow the US government.
