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Important notice: These initiatives have not yet been implemented, and USCIS is not accepting any requests or applications at this time. Promoting citizenship education and public awareness for lawful permanent residents and providing an option for naturalization applicants to use credit cards to pay the application fee | Details.Modernizing, improving and clarifying immigrant and nonimmigrant visa programs to grow our economy and create jobs | Details.Expanding the use of provisional waivers of unlawful presence to include the spouses and sons and daughters of lawful permanent residents and the sons and daughters of U.S.citizens and lawful permanent residents to request deferred action and employment authorization for three years, in a new Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents* program, provided they have lived in the United States continuously since January 1, 2010, and pass required background checks | Details Expanding the population eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to people of any current age who entered the United States before the age of 16 and lived in the United States continuously since January 1, 2010, and extending the period of DACA and work authorization from two years to three years.
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On November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions to crack down on illegal immigration at the border, prioritize deporting felons not families, and require certain undocumented immigrants to pass a criminal background check and pay taxes in order to temporarily stay in the U.S. Individuals may continue to come forward and request an initial grant of DACA or renewal of DACA under the original guidelines. The court's temporary injunction, issued February 16, 2015, does not affect the existing DACA. Further Readingįor more on IIRAIRA, see this Cornell Law Review article, this Journal on Migration and Human Security article, and this Center for Migration Studies article.Update : Due to a federal court order, USCIS will not begin accepting requests for the expansion of DACA on February 18, 2015, as originally planned and has suspended implementation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents. without the pardon, they must wait 10 years until they may apply for a waiver. If they remain in the United States for 365 days or more, they must stay outside the United States for ten years unless they obtain a waiver. for 180 days but under 365 days must remain outside the United States for three years unless pardoned. The Act mandates that immigrants who are unlawfully present in the U.S. The Act also allows for the deportation of undocumented immigrants who commit a misdemeanor or a felony. The Act was designed to improve border control by imposing criminal penalties for racketeering, alien smuggling and the use or creation of fraudulent immigration-related documents and increasing interior enforcement by agencies charged with monitoring visa applications and visa abusers. immigration laws, adding penalties for undocumented immigrants who commit crimes while in the United States or who stay in the U.S. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) strengthened U.S.