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The Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) is a York County-based nonprofit organization that provides volunteer and no-charge legal services to asylum-seekers held in civil detention, or who have encountered other serious legal complications. Originally founded in 1996, PIRC has since been able to expand its services into nine south-central Pennsylvania counties. The expansion and continued […]

Immigration’s effect on the U.S. economy is a touchy subject. Depending on political beliefs, some have denounced immigrants as a drain on the economy, while others have touted immigration as strengthening the economy. Economists have spent many years studying the way immigrants affect the U.S. economy, and here is what studies have shown. Immigrants Found Leading Companies

Throughout the past century, countries all over the world make their value creators and entrepreneurial talents feel unwelcome and pushing them to leave, while the United States encourages the same people with promises of opportunity, liberty, and freedom. But recently, however, America is rebranding itself as a place which now pushes those people away. Current immigration policy

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is one of two agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that is doing their part of fulfilling President Donald Trump’s goal of deporting two to three million criminals, undocumented immigrants. One of ICE’s main duties is to seize undocumented immigrants who have received their final deportation notices or who have

Rights of Undocumented Immigrants The United States of America is often heralded as the land of the free and the fair due to the fact that anyone who enters the country is given a basic set of rights under the words of the Constitution. This applies to undocumented immigrants as well. With plenty of recent

One of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises is for American companies to hire more Americans instead of outsourcing jobs to countries with cheaper labor or bringing in lower-paid foreign employees. This promise includes a crackdown on a work visa program that enables thousands of skilled foreign employees to work in “specialty occupations” throughout the United

When it comes to deciding how to maintain our borders while simultaneously keeping a good reputation with allied countries, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have a delicate job to balance. In an effort to improve our nation’s immigration policies and encourage occupational specialists, such as

People who frequently and infrequently deal with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) got an unwelcome surprise at the end of December 2016: a noticeable price hike to many of the agency’s services. In particular, the majority of petitions and applications pertaining to visas of all sorts got a 20% price increase, on

In some circumstances, applicants for U.S. green cards are afraid to leave the U.S. for their consular visa interview because they could be restricted from returning to the U.S. based on their time spent unlawfully residing in the United States. To encourage these applicants to apply for a green card, the USCIS allows immigrants to