With new rules taking effect Monday that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits, immigrants, including citizens and legal residents, have dropped social services they or their children may be entitled to out of fear they will be kicked out of the U.S. The guidelines that aim to determine whether immigrants seeking legal residency may become a government burden are part of the Trump administration's broader effort to reduce immigration, particu

On February 6, 2020, U.S. District Judge Loretta C. Biggs, stopped U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from changing how the agency determines when a foreign student or exchange visitor is “unlawfully present” in the U.S. “Unlawful presence” is defined by law as any time a foreign national spends in the U.S. after their authorized stay has ended. Students and exchange visitors are often given “duration of status” while they’re in school or training. For years,