USCIS to Consider Anti-Americanism in Immigrant Benefit Requests

USCIS to Consider Anti-Americanism in Immigrant Benefit Requests

Editorial credit: Evgenia Parajanian / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the factors that officers consider in certain benefit requests where an exercise of discretion is required, including factors relating to aliens’ past requests for parole and any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations, […]

DHS to Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for Antisemitism

DHS to Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for Antisemitism

WASHINGTON— On April 9, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. This will immediately affect aliens applying for lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and aliens affiliated with educational institutions linked to […]

Socialists, Zionists Race to Register New Democrats Ahead of Friday Deadline

Socialists, Zionists Race to Register New Democrats Ahead of Friday Deadline

by Jonathan Custodio and Harry Siegel |thecity.us |Editorial credit: Bob Korn / Shutterstock.com   Ahead of the Feb. 14 deadline for voters to pick a party affiliation in time to vote in June’s New York City primary, socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has been racing to get his supporters registered as Democrats — and one group opposed to […]