Citizenship Approval Drop Big Time

Citizenship Approval Drop Big Time
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The Trump administration has drastically slowed the application process for prospective US citizens — extending wait times for immigrants hoping to vote, reunite with family, or protect themselves from deportation, Ximena Bustillo and Andrew Kreighbaum report.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ latest quarterly data show it decided around 71,000 cases between April and June of this year, compared to around 265,000 during the same period last year — a 73% drop. Among the cases decided, the denial rate has climbed, more than doubling in Los Angeles to 18%.

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Share of Unaccompanied Children’s Immigration Court Cases Closed With No Attorney Up Nearly 45 Percent Compared to Pre-Trump

Today, the Vera Institute of Justice updated its Immigration Court Legal Representation Dashboard to include representation data for children, including unaccompanied children. The data shows the number of children, including unaccompanied children, facing removal without an attorney.   The Vera press release states that "[m]ore unaccompanied children have their

By Kevin R. Johnson