This fact sheet focuses on the requirements for filing a late initial registration application for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Background The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended TPS for 18 months, through Jan. 5, 2012, to eligible nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua (and people having no nationality who last habitually resided in these countries). This [...]

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is an immigration benefit granted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to eligible individuals in the United States who are nationals of a country (or persons without nationality who last habitually resided in such country) that has been designated for TPS.  A country may be designated for TPS on the [...]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new rule to enhance the integrity of the immigration adjudication process. The rule clarifies who is authorized to represent applicants and petitioners in cases before DHS; updates and enhances the standards and disciplinary procedures for these immigration practitioners; and eliminates duplicative immigration adjudication rules, procedures and authority. [...]

Among the horde of Bills being introduced lately in the Senate, “The Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act” (S. 3114) introduced on June 11, 2008 by a bi-partisan group of Senators, has been long due and a welcome one. The bill is aimed at ensuring that asylum seekers and other detained immigrants are treated [...]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) calls the Real ID Act a nationwide effort intended to prevent terrorism, reduce fraud, and improve the reliability and accuracy of identification documents that State governments issue. Dogged by controversies, the Act has been sitting under the hammer since 2005, when George Bush signed it into law. After more [...]