Move over Mexico, China and India have taken over.
China sent around 147,000 immigrants to the country in 2013 while Mexico sent only 125,000. These numbers are according to a Census Bureau study by various researchers. India too dispatched around 129,000 immigrants, beating Mexico to the game.
The study was conducted by the Census Bureau, with researchers analyzing annual immigration data from the years 2000 to 2013 of the American Community Survey, an annual survey which asks where respondents lived the year before. An immigrant was said to be so if he or she was a foreign-born who stated that they lived previously abroad.
Other top countries sending their people to America were too from Asia, including South Korea, Philippines and Japan. This too has been observed in the year 2013.
Since over a decade immigration to the United States has been steadily on the rise, from countries like India and China. Also, immigration has been declining from Mexico. This could be due to the fact that the Mexican economy has been improving and there are lower Mexican birth rates. Also, the Great Recession has also been one of the causes for a decline in the illegal immigration rates from Mexico.
Although Hispanics still form a huge percentage of the immigrant population in the United States it has now been seen that they are now native – born and not foreign – born.
The latest “Asian” wave of immigration promises to be as “dramatic” as the previous ones.
President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform suffered a big setback last week, with a federal court not allowing his plans to go on board. The action was to grant work permits and protection from deportation to millions of unlawful residents; 26 states came together to sue and stop that action.
An advocate stated that it was a temporary setback, with the government appealing against the judge’s ruling. What will happen is that as usually appeals take a long time to garner decisions the stay would be in limbo for some time, while a final decision is passed.
The opinion last week was a vote which was cast – 2-1, not to grant a temporary stay. It was however announced by the appeals court recently that it was planned to hear out oral arguments on the main appeal in the month of July. It was being hoped by the government that the court would hand down a decision as soon as the court had a chance to evaluate the appeal.
So what transpires is that a decision could be made available in the next few months, and hopefully it would be a decision that is not too bad.
26 states had brought a stay against the President’s ruling. Their argument was that the President does not have the authority to set the enforcement priorities that he has done. Although this argument was already rejected by 2 courts it was accepted by a Judge recently. Hillary Clinton too recently said that she wants to “support more unauthorized and undocumented immigrants.”
It is known that all applicants in the process of immigration to the United States must go in for what is called the Immigration Medical Examination. A USCIS-approved Civil Surgeon is entrusted with the task of medically examining the Green Card applicant to rule out any possibilities of danger that could exist to public health.
Applicants are required to submit form I-693 to the immigration authorities. The form i-693 is filled up in part by the USCIS Civil Surgeon, that include details of the medical examination conducted on the applicant, along with details of certain necessary vaccinations.
REVISED I-693 FORM FROM JULY ONWARDS
A new edition of the I-693 form will now go live from the month of July 2015 – from 27th July, 2015. Starting from 27th July only the new form will be accepted by USCIS authorities. The earlier forms, that is, the 01/15/13 or the 10/11/11 editions will no longer be accepted. Applicants are required to note this.
REVISED FORMS MADE AVAILABLE ON THE EASYIME WEBSITE FROM JUNE 15TH
easyIME is a one-stop-solution for green card applicants looking to schedule their immigration medical exam. This user-friendly free service streamlines the immigration medical exam process, providing Green Card Applicants with the most efficient USCIS-approved doctors and immigration lawyers right near their zip code.
The revised I-693 forms will be made available for easy download for easyIME customers from June 15th, 2015 itself. So applicants, please take note! Please do not use the older forms. They will be rendered void by USCIS!
www.easyIME.com is your friendly, easy-to-use Immigration Medical Examination Website, and is a service provided at no charge! It is absolutely free for all applicants who are in the process of applying for their Green Card or permanent residence status in the United States of America.
House Democrats are trying to force President Obama to end a highly debatable practice of holding immigrant mothers and children in detention- this showcases the major differences existing between lawmakers and the Obama government on immigration.
Around 130 House Democrats have signed a letter, that was being released later on Wednesday, and which is addressed to the Secretary, Homeland Security, who said that the Obama government has not fully grasped the harm that was being imposed on mothers and children who were in custody.
Democrats argued that ending the practice of detention – of families and children is the only solution. They wrote vehemently about ending this practice in the letter which they addressed to the DHS Secretary. Their protest got promoted after Hillary Clinton spoke against the practice at one of her rally speeches earlier in the month. She said that she was very “worried” about detention facilities for children and other categories of immigrants – all these remarks were praised by the advocates of immigration – this is indeed a kind of volte-face for Clinton, who has always been criticized for her stand on immigration.
Administration officials say that family detention is a necessary measure to stop further immigrants from entering the country illegally, but the practice has been sparking a lot of criticism from immigration activists and lawmakers.
“We believe it is undeniable that detention in a secure facility is detrimental to mothers and children and is not reflective of our values as a nation,” reads the letter.
