#greencards — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #greencards, aggregated by home.social.
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Judge: #Trump can’t deport #researchers just for working in #contentModeration
This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke #greencards and #deport non-US citizens who work on #misinformation , #disinformation , fact-checking, content moderation, #compliance , and trust and safety.
In an opinion published Tuesday, US District Judge James Boasberg granted a preliminary #injunction blocking the #StateDepartment from enforcing the policy until the CITR’s lawsuit is resolved.
On its face, the policy does not require #visa denials or #deportations. Instead, it authorizes #immigration investigations into individuals suspected of helping foreign adversaries attempt to manipulate public opinion by suppressing US speech.
#privacy #security -
Judge: #Trump can’t deport #researchers just for working in #contentModeration
This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke #greencards and #deport non-US citizens who work on #misinformation , #disinformation , fact-checking, content moderation, #compliance , and trust and safety.
In an opinion published Tuesday, US District Judge James Boasberg granted a preliminary #injunction blocking the #StateDepartment from enforcing the policy until the CITR’s lawsuit is resolved.
On its face, the policy does not require #visa denials or #deportations. Instead, it authorizes #immigration investigations into individuals suspected of helping foreign adversaries attempt to manipulate public opinion by suppressing US speech.
#privacy #security -
Judge: #Trump can’t deport #researchers just for working in #contentModeration
This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke #greencards and #deport non-US citizens who work on #misinformation , #disinformation , fact-checking, content moderation, #compliance , and trust and safety.
In an opinion published Tuesday, US District Judge James Boasberg granted a preliminary #injunction blocking the #StateDepartment from enforcing the policy until the CITR’s lawsuit is resolved.
On its face, the policy does not require #visa denials or #deportations. Instead, it authorizes #immigration investigations into individuals suspected of helping foreign adversaries attempt to manipulate public opinion by suppressing US speech.
#privacy #security -
Judge: #Trump can’t deport #researchers just for working in #contentModeration
This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke #greencards and #deport non-US citizens who work on #misinformation , #disinformation , fact-checking, content moderation, #compliance , and trust and safety.
In an opinion published Tuesday, US District Judge James Boasberg granted a preliminary #injunction blocking the #StateDepartment from enforcing the policy until the CITR’s lawsuit is resolved.
On its face, the policy does not require #visa denials or #deportations. Instead, it authorizes #immigration investigations into individuals suspected of helping foreign adversaries attempt to manipulate public opinion by suppressing US speech.
#privacy #security -
Judge: #Trump can’t deport #researchers just for working in #contentModeration
This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke #greencards and #deport non-US citizens who work on #misinformation , #disinformation , fact-checking, content moderation, #compliance , and trust and safety.
In an opinion published Tuesday, US District Judge James Boasberg granted a preliminary #injunction blocking the #StateDepartment from enforcing the policy until the CITR’s lawsuit is resolved.
On its face, the policy does not require #visa denials or #deportations. Instead, it authorizes #immigration investigations into individuals suspected of helping foreign adversaries attempt to manipulate public opinion by suppressing US speech.
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#immigration #citizenship #GreenCards
"Under Trump, spouses of U.S. citizens face policy changes in the immigration system
The Trump administration's sweeping effort to slow down the rate of legal migration has affected a group traditionally immune from such efforts: spouses of U.S. citizens.
The administration has implemented a slew of policy changes since President Trump returned to the White House last year, ranging from pausing immigrant visas for people from 75 countries to imposing greater scrutiny of applicants at green-card interviews and widening the scope of who is a target for deportation. The changes have hit all immigrants hard, including those who sought to enter and stay in the country through marriage.
Some non-U.S.-citizen spouses have been separated from their American loved ones and are afraid to engage with the U.S. immigration system, according to lawyers and NPR interviews with affected families.
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'We saw so many of our members make the decision to self-deport, to leave the country for fear of this indefinite detention,' DeAzevedo said. 'We saw some members who had their spouses detained — and that was something we had not experienced previously because there was always this prioritization of who was going to be detained.'
(. . .)
Sharvari Dalal-Dheini, senior director of government relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said the United States government has always vetted and scrutinized immigrants who sought to stay in the U.S. through marriage.
However, while applying to stay, spouses of U.S. citizens were generally not swept up in broader immigration enforcement efforts.
'This group of individuals have always had a special place under the law,' Dalal-Dheini said. 'Spouses of U.S. citizens aren't subject to the immigrant quotas. They don't have to have a cap. Spouses of U.S. citizens don't [have to have maintained] their legal status here in order to adjust. And so the law has considered them to be a privileged class.
But this administration is treating them like all other immigrants.'
(. . .)
Immediate family sponsorship, including for spouses and fiancés, is one of the top ways U.S. citizens interact with the immigration system.
The latest data released by the Homeland Security Department, from 2024, shows that about 343,000 people received their green cards through their spouses — about a quarter of all green-card approvals. For about a decade, the number has hovered somewhere between 200,000 and 340,000 people.
(. . .)
Eric Welsh, an immigration attorney in California, said clients must prepare for questions about when and how they applied for a green card, including providing evidence of 'good moral character' and other information — something that previously wasn't required for those seeking to gain permanent residency or U.S. citizenship through marriage.
'What's important to keep in mind is that spouses are vulnerable,' Welsh said, noting that while there are some pathways to be granted something like a green card or citizenship, it's not guaranteed. 'There's no absolute right to remain and there's no absolute right to be afforded adjustment to status. And so I think that's something that most people don't commonly understand, especially not the U.S. citizens.'"
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#immigration #citizenship #GreenCards
"Under Trump, spouses of U.S. citizens face policy changes in the immigration system
The Trump administration's sweeping effort to slow down the rate of legal migration has affected a group traditionally immune from such efforts: spouses of U.S. citizens.
The administration has implemented a slew of policy changes since President Trump returned to the White House last year, ranging from pausing immigrant visas for people from 75 countries to imposing greater scrutiny of applicants at green-card interviews and widening the scope of who is a target for deportation. The changes have hit all immigrants hard, including those who sought to enter and stay in the country through marriage.
Some non-U.S.-citizen spouses have been separated from their American loved ones and are afraid to engage with the U.S. immigration system, according to lawyers and NPR interviews with affected families.
(. . .)
'We saw so many of our members make the decision to self-deport, to leave the country for fear of this indefinite detention,' DeAzevedo said. 'We saw some members who had their spouses detained — and that was something we had not experienced previously because there was always this prioritization of who was going to be detained.'
(. . .)
Sharvari Dalal-Dheini, senior director of government relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said the United States government has always vetted and scrutinized immigrants who sought to stay in the U.S. through marriage.
However, while applying to stay, spouses of U.S. citizens were generally not swept up in broader immigration enforcement efforts.
'This group of individuals have always had a special place under the law,' Dalal-Dheini said. 'Spouses of U.S. citizens aren't subject to the immigrant quotas. They don't have to have a cap. Spouses of U.S. citizens don't [have to have maintained] their legal status here in order to adjust. And so the law has considered them to be a privileged class.
But this administration is treating them like all other immigrants.'
(. . .)
Immediate family sponsorship, including for spouses and fiancés, is one of the top ways U.S. citizens interact with the immigration system.
The latest data released by the Homeland Security Department, from 2024, shows that about 343,000 people received their green cards through their spouses — about a quarter of all green-card approvals. For about a decade, the number has hovered somewhere between 200,000 and 340,000 people.
(. . .)
Eric Welsh, an immigration attorney in California, said clients must prepare for questions about when and how they applied for a green card, including providing evidence of 'good moral character' and other information — something that previously wasn't required for those seeking to gain permanent residency or U.S. citizenship through marriage.
'What's important to keep in mind is that spouses are vulnerable,' Welsh said, noting that while there are some pathways to be granted something like a green card or citizenship, it's not guaranteed. 'There's no absolute right to remain and there's no absolute right to be afforded adjustment to status. And so I think that's something that most people don't commonly understand, especially not the U.S. citizens.'"