To determine which countries U.S. immigrants are from today, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed figures compiled by the Migration Policy Institute, which used data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2010, 2019, and 2022 American Community Surveys, and 2000 Decennial Census. We included 35 countries that are the country of birth for at least 250,000 immigrants. We also added gross national income in constant 2021 dollars (purchasing power parity method) with figures from the World Bank. For reference, the U.S. GNI per capita is $72,497.
President Donald Trump and his administration have put forth a new proposal that would force visa-free visitors to the US to give immigration and customs authorities access to five years of their social media activity. The new proposal would affect people traveling to the US on a visa waiver provided by the so-called Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA, which requires applicants to provide personal information to US authorities and purchase the authorization for $40 (roughly 34) prior to travel.
The Trump administration is reviewing the records of more than 55 million US visa holders for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules, in a significant expansion of Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The state department said that all of the foreigners who now hold valid US visas are subject to continuous vetting for any indication that they could be ineligible for the document, including those already admitted into the country.
Videos recorded from inside the family's truck show at least three masked agents wearing tactical vests marked with police surrounding the car. At least one of the agents is wearing a hat marked CBP.
The deported group included individuals described as 'so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back,' an assertion the Jamaican government strongly refutes.
The United States deported eight men who arrived in South Sudan this month - via Djibouti, where they were held for weeks in a metal shipping container at a naval base. All but one of the migrants had no connection to South Sudan.
The decision to require public social media accounts for J1 visa applicants by US authorities represents a concerning incursion on freedom of expression, critics argue.
We're watching a major incursion on freedom of expression, unthinkable in a western democracy. This week, a young Norwegian tourist was detained by ICE at New York airport and sent back to Oslo.
The sharp decline in H-1B visa applications indicates that both the Trump administration's policies and heightened enforcement efforts have significantly impacted foreign worker recruitment, according to immigration officials.
"In light of our church's steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step," Rowe said.
Colleges and universities across the U.S. have announced that over the past month, at least 1,680 international students-but likely thousands more-have had their statuses terminated in SEVIS, a digital records system of international students.