U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 30: A Chinese immigrant is fingerprinted during her "biometrics" appointment to receive a green card at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Queens office on May 30, 2013 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The branch office is located in an area heavily populated by immigrants and processes thousands of green card and U.S. citizenship applications each year. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

U.S. drops Trump plan for more biometric data on immigrants

By Associated Press

Demonstrators hold illuminated signs during a rally supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), or the Dream Act, outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. The House passed a spending bill Thursday to avoid a U.S. government shutdown, but Senate Democrats say they have the votes to block the measure in a bid to force Republicans and President Donald Trump to include protection for young immigrants.

Federal court rules DACA must be restored fully after Supreme Court ruling

A federal court in Maryland has ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program must be restored fully, meaning it must open up to new applicants for the first time in three years.

By Associated Press

Why Ken Cuccinelli says Trump’s immigration policies are ‘consistent with the law’

The Trump administration’s latest move on immigration sparked outrage and confusion when it was announced, but Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says the reaction was unwarranted and that "all the same people still become citizens."…

FILE PHOTO: A man holds an envelope from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Service during a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C., in December 2015. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

What new citizenship rules mean for children of U.S. personnel living abroad

Changes announced this week mean some children born to U.S. personnel abroad will no longer automatically be considered U.S. citizens and will face more red tape to secure that citizenship.

By Gretchen Frazee

Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa August 9, 2014. Photo by Brian Frank/Reuters

Immigrants in U.S. military face new citizenship rule for kids

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released updated guidance that appears to mostly affect non-citizen service members but caused confusion among immigration lawyers and advocates.

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

WATCH: California sues to block Trump rule limiting benefits for immigrants

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

The lawsuit from California and three other states challenges new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.

Trump official says Statue of Liberty poem is about Europeans

By Zeke Miller, Ashley Thomas, Associated Press

USCIS head Ken Cuccinelli said that the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants into the country is about "people coming from Europe."…

What Ken Cuccinelli brings to Trump’s hardline push on immigration

By Gretchen Frazee

President Donald Trump has selected former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinellli to head U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, adding another senior-level immigration hardliner to the administration.

Cuccinelli named acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services

By Colleen Long, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Cuccinelli is a former Virginia attorney general and has advocated for denying citizenship to the American-born children of parents living in the U.S. illegally.

Wait times for citizenship applications stretch to 2 years

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

More than 700,000 immigrants are waiting on applications to become U.S. citizens, a process that once typically took about six months but has stretched to more than two years in some places under the administration of President Donald Trump.