The 2012 holiday season is in full swing, and that means the coming weeks will see an influx of foreign nationals visiting the United States and U.S. citizens returning home from travel abroad. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued a report estimating the size and demographic characteristics of the U.S. resident nonimmigrant population. The term resident nonimmigrant refers to foreigner nationals temporarily living in the United States, such as students…

The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued its annual report on immigration enforcement efforts. The report on 2011 efforts covers enforcement actions against hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals. Foreign nationals may…

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a report that identifies issues with the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program. The program processes and stores biometric data,…

The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its population estimate of the number of Legal Permanent Residents, or LPRs, in the United States as of January 1, 2011. The OIS report…

The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its 2011 Annual Report on Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States. The report reveals statistical details of foreign nationals who are admitted to…

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced on March 29, 2012, that Syrian nationals – and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Syria – will be eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The change was made in…

The State Department has announced the unavailability of EB-2 visa numbers for the balance of fiscal year 2012 for applicants from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and from India. The prior EB-2 cut off date had been August 15,…

President Obama has announced an initiative to promote the exchange of higher education students between the United States, and Latin America including the Caribbean. The program’s name, “100,000 Strong in the Americas,” indicates the goal: 100,000 students traveling for study…

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended 340,252 illegal immigrants attempting to enter the U.S. in FY 2011, a drop of about 50 percent over three years and barely 20 percent of the peak numbers that the agency saw in…