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The process of obtaining a green card, naturalization, and sponsoring relatives, including the rules and pathways available to U.S. citizens.
Official tallies of U.S. deportations vary by administration and by how “deportation” is defined — removals (formal deportations), returns/administrative returns, and expulsions (Title 42-era expulsio...
Ilhan Omar is a U.S. citizen who was born in Somalia and immigrated to the United States as a refugee; multiple profiles and her campaign materials describe her as a naturalized citizen . Claims and c...
Yes — by the measures most widely reported and analyzed, the administration carried out more deportations and repatriations than the administration’s first year in office, though comparisons are compl...
legally is a multistep, agency-driven process that depends on the pathway chosen—, , humanitarian, diversity, or other special programs—and typically requires an approved petition, consular processing...
Official tallies and independent estimates for 2025 diverge sharply: the publicly claimed government operations produced more than 605,000 and roughly 1.9 million voluntary “self-deportations,” totali...
Is now a good time to flee the United States? The short answer: for most people, no urgent exodus is warranted; the U.S. economy and many institutions remain resilient even as Americans report deep an...
Melania Trump’s parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, were sworn in as U.S. citizens in August 2018 after a standard path from lawful permanent residence to naturalization: they held green cards, met res...
A wave of federal judges blocked or limited the Trump administration’s attempts to expand expedited removal and to fast-track deportations away from border contexts, finding statutory overreach and se...
The 118th Congress included a small but noticeable contingent of foreign‑born lawmakers: major public tallies report 18 voting members born outside the United States — 17 in the House and one in the S...
The newly released Epstein files include an apparent 2002 email from to and photos showing social contact with and Maxwell, but reporters and DOJ reviewers have not produced any official government or...
“encounters” are operational counts of interactions between migrants and authorities—events recorded in enforcement tables—not measurements of the resident unauthorized population . By contrast, estim...
U.S. H‑1B petitions and immigrant visa filings do require the sponsoring employer’s identity and details on the application forms, so the government record of a granted H‑1B or employment‑based green ...
A company formed overseas (for example, ) that chooses to operate will generally need to designate an in‑state agent and provide a physical street address for service of process when it as a in that s...
Immigrant and naturalized members of Congress have shaped recent immigration debates by bringing firsthand perspectives to policy design, helping craft and promote bipartisan proposals, and reframing ...