Release Date: Oct. 15, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in an investigation that resulted in the sentencing of Cyril Domaquik Clemens, 72, a native of Liberia, for naturalization fraud.

Release Date: Oct. 13, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services partnered with the Department of Justice in its filing of denaturalization actions against dozens of individuals accused of serious offenses, including acting as an agent for a foreign government, committing voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated sodomy against a special‑needs man.

Release Date: Oct. 09, 2026,

A Cuban alien was arrested after being charged with unlawful voting by an alien. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted the investigation.

Release Date: Oct. 09, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided critical assistance to the investigation leading to the conviction of a former medical doctor for naturalization fraud.

Release Date: Oct. 07, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided critical assistance in the investigation that led to a federal indictment charging Andrea Catanese, 60, an Italian national, with voting by an alien, attempting to unlawfully procure naturalization, and making a false statement in connection with naturalization.

Release Date: Oct. 02, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted with the case that led to the sentencing of Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, a former Syrian prison warden and provincial governor.

Release Date: Oct. 02, 2026,

Defendants illegally voted in the November 2022 and 2024 general elections and the August 2026 primary election

Release Date: Sep. 29, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided critical assistance to investigations that resulted in charges against 16 aliens accused of unlawfully voting in Florida elections.

Release Date: Sep. 28, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in the investigation that led to the conviction of Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez, 28, of Hialeah, Florida, for his role in an international alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy.

Release Date: Sep. 25, 2026,

An Essex County man and a Middlesex County woman, both aliens, were charged with illegally voting in a federal election and making false statements while applying for U.S. citizenship.

Release Date: Sep. 25, 2026,

A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Nigerian alien with falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen to illegally vote in elections.

Release Date: Sep. 25, 2026,

A Romanian alien admitted to conspiring with an American citizen to enter into a sham marriage so that she could obtain U.S. citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted the investigation.

Release Date: Sep. 23, 2026,

A Haitian alien pleaded guilty Sept. 22 in federal court to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to register to vote and casting a ballot in the 2024 general election.

Release Date: Sep. 23, 2026,

A federal grand jury in Charlotte returned a criminal indictment charging Sha Bahadur Ghaley, 42, a naturalized citizen from Bhutan, with naturalization fraud.

Release Date: Sep. 22, 2026,

Two Chinese aliens turned themselves in Sept. 17 on charges that accuse one of a naturalization crime and both of a firearm crime. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri made the announcement.

Release Date: Sep. 22, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided vital assistance to an investigation that lead to the indictment of Miran Kostic, an alien and accused war criminal from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Release Date: Sep. 18, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) supported a federal investigation that resulted in the indictment of five people for their roles in a scheme to exploit a nonimmigrant visa worker program. The defendants fraudulently obtained worker visas and smuggled aliens into the United States. The U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Georgia made the announcement.

Release Date: Sep. 17, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided pivotal assistance to an investigation leading to the indictment and arrest of a Houston area immigration attorney.

Release Date: Sep. 14, 2026,

A federal grand jury in Wichita indicted a Peruvian alien with multiple criminal offenses arising from allegedly voting in a federal election despite not being a U.S. citizen.

Release Date: Sep. 11, 2026,

In the first-ever case before the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), Nazira Haji Zada, 47, an Afghan national previously residing in Fort Worth, Texas, was removed from the United States after conceding that she is an alien terrorist.

Release Date: Sep. 03, 2026,

A naturalized U.S. citizen made his initial appearance in court Sept. 2 for allegedly lying about his prior criminal acts to obtain U.S. citizenship. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada announced the charges.

Release Date: Sep. 03, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in the investigation that led to the indictment of Miguel Angel Olivera‑Borda, 38, a Peruvian alien illegally present in the United States, after federal prosecutors presented evidence to a grand jury.

Release Date: Sep. 02, 2026,

Defendants allegedly lied about their relationship to obtain immigration benefits

Release Date: Aug. 24, 2026,

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing to establish a $103,265 fee for all H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption.

Release Date: Aug. 21, 2026,

A Chinese alien residing in Andover, Mass., was arrested for submitting a fraudulent voter registration and ballot in the 2024 presidential election using the name of another Chinese alien.

Release Date: Aug. 18, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in an investigation that resulted in a Cuban national pleading guilty to alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering.

Release Date: Aug. 12, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in the indictment unsealed today charging 11 individuals with conspiring, over the course of more than a decade, to orchestrate more than 1,000 sham marriages. 

Release Date: Aug. 12, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided crucial support to an investigation resulting in charges to denaturalize a man born in India for using a false identity to become a U.S. citizen.

Release Date: Aug. 11, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in an investigation resulting in federal charges against Eduardo Javier Ibarra Arrowsmith, 61, of Miami.

Release Date: Aug. 11, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services partnered with the Department of Justice in its filing of denaturalization actions against 25 individuals accused of serious offenses, including attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Release Date: Aug. 06, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ robust screening and vetting uncovered an illegal alien and former reality TV contestant from Latvia with a criminal history that includes sexual battery, aggravated assault, and drug possession.

Release Date: Aug. 04, 2026,

A Mexican alien in the Kansas City area was sentenced in federal court for his role in helping illegal aliens fraudulently obtain visas allowing them to reside and work in the United States.

Release Date: Jul. 30, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in an investigation that resulted in the sentencing of Cuban alien Erik Ventura-Castro, 24, of Hialeah, Florida, to 30 months in prison for his role in an international alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering conspiracy.

Release Date: Jul. 27, 2026,

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a rule change designed to reduce the backlog in the asylum system.

Release Date: Jul. 22, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted the Department of Justice (DOJ) with several recent denaturalization actions in U.S. district courts to revoke citizenship from 10 individuals accused of serious crimes, including sexual abuse of a child, health care and wire fraud, immigration fraud, and conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute.

Release Date: Jul. 21, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services supported an investigation resulting in the sentencing of Juarez Sanchez-Montiel, 41, an illegal alien from Mexico, for immigration fraud.

Release Date: Jul. 16, 2026,

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule rescinding the 2022 Biden-era regulation regarding public charge determinations, further aligning immigration law with Congressional intent that aliens in the United States be self-reliant and not dependent on taxpayer-funded government benefits.

Release Date: Jul. 10, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in a federal investigation that resulted in two Venezuelan illegal aliens being sentenced to a combined 32 years in prison for sex trafficking a 16-year-old orphan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Release Date: Jul. 02, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to an investigation that led to the sentencings of Jung Hoon Song and Bonnie Jo C. Quichocho, who faked marriage as a scheme to fraudulently gain lawful permanent residence in the United States.

Release Date: Jun. 29, 2026,

Defendant forced victims to work without pay in deplorable conditions and lied to the US government

Release Date: Jun. 12, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services partnered with the Department of Justice in its recent filings of denaturalization actions in various U.S. district courts against 17 individuals accused of serious offenses—including sexual abuse of a minor, wire and bank fraud, and distributing drugs wholesale without a license.

Release Date: Jun. 01, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ robust screening and vetting uncovered an immigration fraud scheme that resulted in Venerando Aquino Martin, 56, an illegal alien from the Philippines, being sentenced to 18 months for visa fraud.

Release Date: May. 22, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a new policy memo reiterating the fact that, consistent with long-standing immigration law and immigration court decisions, aliens seeking adjustment of status must do so through consular processing via the Department of State outside of the country.

Release Date: May. 19, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in the arrest of Jose Calles Henriquez, 24, an illegal alien from El Salvador and self-confessed MS-13 gang member.

Release Date: May. 14, 2026,

A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for engaging in immigration fraud, possessing child pornography, and committing tax fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced.

Release Date: May. 14, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services partnered with the Department of Justice in its recent filing of denaturalization actions in various U.S. district courts against 12 individuals accused of serious offenses—including providing material support to a terrorist group, committing war crimes, and sexually abusing a minor.

Release Date: Apr. 23, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ fraud detection efforts resulted in the guilty pleas of Sampath Rajidi, 51, and Sreedhar Mada, 51, to conspiracy to commit visa fraud, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced last week.

Release Date: Apr. 20, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in the investigation that led to a federal jury finding Ana Zahia Gonzalez, 46, guilty of naturalization fraud. 

Release Date: Apr. 13, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services helped investigate Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, a native of Nigeria recently named in a civil denaturalization complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Release Date: Apr. 10, 2026,

The vigilant fraud detection efforts of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services directly resulted in the arrest of Young Joo Ko, 59, of East Hollywood. Ko, a lawful permanent resident from South Korea, was charged in Los Angeles with fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents.

Release Date: Apr. 10, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in the investigation that led to the sentencing of Nada Radovan Tomanic, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Bosnia and Herzegovina, to 30 months in prison for naturalization fraud.

Release Date: Apr. 10, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided pivotal assistance to a visa fraud investigation that resulted in federal grand jury indictments of 10 Indian nationals.

Release Date: Apr. 08, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently played a critical role in the arrest of Dawood Hussain, an illegal Pakistani alien charged with felony vehicular homicide, after driving a commercial truck the wrong way on a Pennsylvania highway in October 2023.

Release Date: Mar. 19, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided pivotal assistance to the investigation that led to the denaturalization of Carlos Noe Gallegos, a convicted child sex offender. The U.S. attorney’s office made the announcement.

Release Date: Feb. 26, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided vital assistance during the investigation that led to a five-count indictment and arrests of four individuals.

Release Date: Feb. 24, 2026,

A federal judge sentenced convicted child molester Isidro Arcenio Alvarado, 58, a native of El Salvador, to active prison time after he pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship. The judge also revoked his citizenship and ordered him removed from the United States.

Release Date: Feb. 20, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice led an investigation that has resulted in the filing this week of a civil denaturalization complaint in the U.S. District Court of Miami, Florida against former Mayor of the City of North Miami, Philippe Bien-Aime.

Release Date: Feb. 20, 2026,

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing a rule to reduce the incentive for aliens to file fraudulent asylum claims so they can obtain work authorizations.

Release Date: Feb. 18, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Operation Twin Shield is yielding yet more results with the arrest of a Minnesota correctional officer and AWOL National Guard member masquerading as a U.S. citizen despite having no legal status in the United States.

Release Date: Feb. 13, 2026,

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Yemen. The termination is effective 60 days after the notice is published in the Federal Register.

Release Date: Feb. 10, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided key assistance during the investigation that led to a three-count indictment charging 11 individuals for their alleged roles in federal conspiracies related to marriage fraud and bribery.

Release Date: Feb. 03, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was instrumental in the apprehension of an MS-13 gang member and confessed murderer in Virginia just weeks before Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger took office and ended the state’s cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Release Date: Jan. 15, 2026,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided critical assistance leading to the indictment of two Pakistani nationals for illegally voting in a federal election and making false statements while applying for United States citizenship.

Release Date: Jan. 14, 2026,

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued an interim final rule to religious organizations and their communities allowing thousands of religious workers—including priests, nuns, and rabbis—that previously were required to remain outside the United States before returning, to resume their essential services.

Release Date: Jan. 13, 2026,

Today, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Somalia’s designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The termination will be effective on March 17, 2026.

Release Date: Jan. 09, 2026,

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have launched Operation PARRIS in Minnesota, a sweeping initiative reexamining thousands of refugee cases through new background checks and intensive verification of refugee claims.

Release Date: Dec. 23, 2025,

The Department of Homeland Security is amending regulations governing the H-1B work visa selection process to prioritize the allocation of visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens to better protect the wages, working conditions, and job opportunities for American workers.

Release Date: Dec. 22, 2025,

As the end of 2025 approaches, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would like to highlight key accomplishments for the year, including enhanced screening and vetting of aliens, increased coordination with our Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement partners, and common-sense regulatory and policy changes that restore integrity to America’s immigration system.

Release Date: Dec. 12, 2025,

Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced her decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status designation of Ethiopia.

Release Date: Dec. 05, 2025,

Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the establishment of a specialized unit to strengthen the ability of America’s immigration system to screen out terrorists, criminal aliens, and other foreign nationals who pose potential threats to public safety or who have committed fraud or other crimes.

Release Date: Dec. 04, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its Policy Manual to reduce the maximum validity period for Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) for certain categories of aliens.

Release Date: Nov. 27, 2025,

In the wake of the shooting of two National Guard service members in Washington, D.C., Wednesday by an Afghan national, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new guidance allowing for negative, country-specific factors to be considered when vetting aliens from 19 high-risk countries.

Release Date: Nov. 24, 2025,

Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma (Myanmar).

Release Date: Nov. 18, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided critical assistance to the investigation leading to a guilty plea from Nada Radovan Tomanic, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Bosnia and Herzegovina, for criminal charges related to lying about prior criminal conduct to obtain U.S. citizenship. The U.S. Attorney’s Office made the announcement.  

Release Date: Nov. 14, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a pivotal role in the investigation leading to the unsealing of an indictment charging Luis Raul Gonzalez-Pardo Rodriguez, 64, of Cuba with fraud and misuse of visa, permits, and other documents, and making a false statement to a federal agency.

Release Date: Nov. 13, 2025,

Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and Director Joseph Edlow, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has taken critical steps to restore sanity and integrity to our immigration system. Since Jan. 20, 2025, USCIS has closed loopholes and implemented critically needed changes to better protect American communities and workers.

Release Date: Nov. 07, 2025,

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announced Nov. 5 his office filed election fraud charges against Mexican national Jose Ceballos, the recently reelected mayor of Coldwater, Kansas.

Release Date: Nov. 06, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that since starting its hiring campaign for Homeland Defenders on Sept. 30, the agency has received an overwhelming 35,000-plus applications—the most for any position in agency history.

Release Date: Nov. 03, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has continued its upgrades of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to enable states to verify that only U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections.

Release Date: Oct. 29, 2025,

The Department of Homeland Security has announced an interim final rule ending the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents for aliens filing renewal applications in certain employment authorization categories.

Release Date: Oct. 28, 2025,

As previously announced, on Oct. 28, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will only accept electronic payments for paper-filed forms.

Release Date: Oct. 22, 2025,

Tenzin Norbu, a Tibetan man, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay forfeiture in the amount of $170,000 for his participation in a scheme to commit immigration fraud and make false statements on asylum applications submitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Release Date: Oct. 09, 2025,

A 24-year-old Venezuelan man residing unlawfully in Perrysburg, Ohio, and who was enrolled as a student at a local high school has pleaded guilty to lying on immigration forms and on applications to purchase a firearm.

Release Date: Sep. 30, 2025,

The Department of Homeland Security is announcing a final rule, effective Oct. 2, 2025, to streamline the filing process for certain temporary agricultural worker petitions.

Release Date: Sep. 30, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, conducted Operation Twin Shield, the first of its kind targeted surge of fraud detection and deterrence activities across Minneapolis-St. Paul and surrounding areas Sept. 19 to 28 —immigration officers discovered suspected fraud in 275 cases in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Release Date: Sep. 19, 2025,

Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced her decision to cancel the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Syria.

Release Date: Sep. 18, 2025,

 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation leading to guilty pleas from a Greenbrier couple for immigration crimes. 

Release Date: Sep. 18, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation leading to the sentencing of a South Windsor man for defrauding immigrant clients and USCIS.

Release Date: Sep. 17, 2025,

Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a Federal Register notice announcing implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test.

Release Date: Sep. 17, 2025,

Today, on Constitution Day, President Trump issued a letter congratulating newly naturalized citizens taking the Oath of Allegiance and urging them to “safeguard, honor, and respect” the American Constitution.

Release Date: Sep. 10, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance during a federal investigation that resulted in the arrest of two Minnesota men for their roles in major crimes committed abroad.

Release Date: Sep. 08, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Seattle, facilitated the arrest of Muhammad Chaudhry, a 52-year-old Pakistani national criminal alien.

Release Date: Sep. 04, 2025,

The U.S. Attorney General announced that 12 people have been charged in a superseding indictment for their roles in an international conspiracy involving alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering schemes that brought thousands of aliens illegally into the United States for profit. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in the investigation.

Release Date: Sep. 04, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is now authorized to expand its law enforcement authorities and newly-minted USCIS 1811 classified officers (commonly known as special agents) will be empowered to investigate, arrest, and present for prosecution those who violate America’s immigration laws under a final rule published today.

Release Date: Sep. 03, 2025,

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of the 2021 designation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela, which will expire on Sept. 10, 2025.

Release Date: Aug. 29, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has implemented a new way to pay fees using electronic debit from a U.S. bank account.

Release Date: Aug. 22, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the conviction and sentencing of an Indian national, residing in New York, for staging armed robberies in furtherance of a visa fraud conspiracy.

Release Date: Aug. 19, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the factors that officers consider in certain benefit requests where an exercise of discretion is required, including factors relating to aliens’ past requests for parole and any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations, as well as the use of discretion in adjudication of certain benefit requests where evidence of antisemitic activity is present.

Release Date: Aug. 18, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a pivotal role in the investigation leading to a federal grand jury indictment of a child molester in North Carolina.

Release Date: Aug. 15, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies during a coordinated operation targeting a human trafficking ring operating in Omaha-area hotels.

Release Date: Aug. 13, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided key support in an investigation that led to Carlos Fabian Velez, 54, of San Antonio, pleading guilty to unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization.

Release Date: Aug. 07, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance in the investigation that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove Romulus Mihai, an illegally present 33-year old Belgian fugitive convicted of sexual exploitation of a child in his native country.

Release Date: Aug. 04, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual in alignment with Executive Order 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, which directs the Department of Homeland Security to develop policies to prevent the entry of male athletes seeking to compete in women’s sports.

Release Date: Aug. 01, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided significant assistance in the investigation of Carlos Adolfo Haeckermann Cardenas, who pleaded guilty in federal court to orchestrating a scheme to submit dozens of false and fraudulent asylum applications to USCIS.

Release Date: Aug. 01, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the interview criteria for aliens who are asylees and refugees and their derivative family members filing Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.

Release Date: Jul. 24, 2025,

Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a report identifying significant national security and integrity vulnerabilities in the Special Immigrant Juvenile program.

Release Date: Jul. 23, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance in the investigation that led to Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting Pierre Reginald Boulus on July 17 for violating the Immigration and Nationality Act by contributing to the destabilization of Haiti.

Release Date: Jul. 18, 2025,

On July 15, 2025, the United States Senate confirmed Joseph Edlow to serve as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Release Date: Jul. 18, 2025,

Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, were recently sentenced in federal court in Boston for their roles in a previously unsolved murder.

Release Date: Jul. 17, 2025,

Five Louisiana men, including four active and former law enforcement officers, were indicted Wednesday on charges of bribery, conspiracy to commit visa fraud, and mail fraud, following a federal investigation initiated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Release Date: Jul. 14, 2025,

Defendant sold three fake Social Security cards and three Green Cards to an undercover officer

Release Date: Jul. 14, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided key assistance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations resulting in the July 9 arrest of a high-ranking member of the violent MS-13 gang who was listed among El Salvador’s top 100 most wanted fugitives.

Release Date: Jul. 07, 2025,

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua, which will expire on July 5, 2025.

Release Date: Jul. 07, 2025,

After finding improved country conditions in Honduras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status, as required by the statute.

Release Date: Jul. 03, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is celebrating Independence Day by welcoming new citizens in naturalization ceremonies throughout the country. These ceremonies demonstrate our commitment to ensuring the naturalization process promotes a unified American identity and allegiance to the Constitution, laws, and founding principles of the United States.  

Release Date: Jun. 30, 2025,

The U.S. attorney announced the indictment of Anibal Rios Lavias, 30, a U.S. citizen born in Mexico, charging him with naturalization fraud.

Release Date: Jun. 27, 2025,

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. The TPS designation for the country expires on Aug. 3, 2025, and the termination will be effective on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

Release Date: Jun. 27, 2025,

Hillsborough County high school teacher Shannon Lee Samlalsingh, 46, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to making false statements to a firearms dealer. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation.

Release Date: Jun. 26, 2025,

The U.S. Attorney announced Jean Morose Viliena, the former mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release by Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV for the District of Massachusetts.

Release Date: Jun. 18, 2025,

Defendant is an alleged gang associate who sold four pistols – two with defaced serial numbers – and more than 100 rounds of ammunition to gang members

Release Date: Jun. 17, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in supporting a federal investigation that resulted in the indictment of two Texas residents for their alleged involvement in a large-scale immigration fraud scheme.

Release Date: Jun. 17, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services aided in the investigation that led to a federal grand jury indictment Wednesday charging Omoyoma Christopher Okoro, 51, a United States citizen born in Nigeria, with naturalization fraud.

Release Date: Jun. 16, 2025,

An Albanian national was charged with marriage fraud, and he and his wife, an American citizen, were both charged with making false statements on forms submitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Release Date: Jun. 12, 2025,

Since U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published new guidance on issuing Notices to Appear (NTAs) on Feb. 28, it has initiated removal proceedings against more than 26,700 aliens with no legal basis to remain in the country.

Release Date: Jun. 11, 2025,

A Brazilian national residing in Malden, Massachusetts, was recently sentenced in federal court in Boston for lying on his asylum application and at an immigration hearing.

Release Date: Jun. 09, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today released a video message in which President Trump welcomes newly naturalized citizens into our “national family” and invokes the pride new citizens should feel to share a home and heritage with America’s most exceptional heroes and patriots.

Release Date: Jun. 09, 2025,

A member of the gang La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, recently pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to conspiracy to participating in a racketeering enterprise, more commonly referred to as RICO or racketeering conspiracy.

Release Date: Jun. 04, 2025,

At the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are ramping up the review of immigration records and will take immediate appropriate actions to crackdown on visa overstays stemming from the Biden Administration’s failure to enforce the law.

Release Date: Jun. 02, 2025,

A Colombian woman unlawfully residing in Boston has been indicted by a federal grand jury for identity theft offenses—including receiving rental assistance, Social Security, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits—as well as voter fraud under the stolen identity.

Release Date: May. 29, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to an Indian national, residing in New York, pleading guilty to staging armed robberies in furtherance of a visa fraud conspiracy.

Release Date: May. 28, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to a citizen of India pleading guilty in a marriage fraud scheme.

Release Date: May. 28, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the sentencing of a Mexican national for a smuggling and labor trafficking scheme and illegally reentering the United States.

Release Date: May. 28, 2025,

 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the sentencing of a Maryland man for visa fraud.

Release Date: May. 22, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to ensure a single, reliable source for verifying immigration status and U.S. citizenship nationwide.

Release Date: May. 14, 2025,

Jacqueline Dianne Wallace, 52, a Jamaican citizen, has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with unlawfully making a false claim of citizenship in order to register to vote in the 2024 Florida presidential primary election.

Release Date: May. 14, 2025,

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced an indictment charging Yunier Perez-Bertemati, 40, with 22 counts of access device fraud, possessing and trafficking in unauthorized device-making equipment, aggravated identity theft, making a false statement on an immigration application, and making a false statement to a federal agent.

Release Date: May. 12, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance in the investigation that led to the arrest and unsealing of indictments charging Mohammed Aburidi 24, a Palestinian, and Tareq Aburidi, 19, also a Palestinian, with possessing firearms and ammunition as aliens admitted to the United States on nonimmigrant visas.

Release Date: May. 12, 2025,

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan. The TPS designation for the country expires on May 20, 2025, and the termination will be effective on July 12, 2025.

Release Date: May. 05, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the conviction of an Indian citizen for submitting a fraudulent immigration application.

Release Date: Apr. 29, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is aggressively working to ensure America’s national security by addressing vulnerabilities in immigration policies, reducing exploitation of humanitarian parole programs, and assisting enforcement agencies in identifying and removing illegal aliens.

Release Date: Apr. 28, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played an important part in an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office ​for Maryland, which led to the arrests in a nationwide marriage fraud operation.

Release Date: Apr. 24, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the sentencing of a Mexican national for a smuggling and labor trafficking scheme.

Release Date: Apr. 24, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) played a critical role in an FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) investigation that brought a would-be terrorist to justice.

Release Date: Apr. 22, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided key support to an investigation that led to a former refugee and legal permanent resident in Texas pleading guilty to charges of providing material support to ISIS.

Release Date: Apr. 18, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the sentencing of a United Kingdom man for making false statements in an immigration matter.

Release Date: Apr. 14, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation that led to the apprehension of 133 illegal aliens in New York between March 24 and 28.

Release Date: Apr. 09, 2025,

Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.

Release Date: Apr. 02, 2025,

BOSTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the apprehension of 370 illegal aliens in Massachusetts between March 18 and 23.

Release Date: Apr. 02, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that it only recognizes two biological sexes, male and female.

Release Date: Mar. 28, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services helped Homeland Security Investigations in a case of naturalization fraud, resulting in the indictment of Juan Antonio Ruiz, 47, a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Release Date: Mar. 28, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in an investigation that resulted in a postal worker being found guilty by a federal jury on charges of mail theft and bank fraud that illegally netted him more than $1.6 million and lying to obtain U.S. citizenship.

Release Date: Mar. 28, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services assisted in the investigation that led to the conviction of Jean Morose Viliena on three counts of visa fraud.

Release Date: Mar. 28, 2025,

A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey returned a two-count indictment against a New Jersey man for falsely stating on an application for naturalization that he had never been associated with a terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney John Giordano announced.

Release Date: Mar. 21, 2025,

This month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston announced the results of a yearlong federal investigation into illegal firearm sales across Massachusetts. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation.

Release Date: Mar. 19, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in a significant human smuggling investigation that resulted in the conviction of two men and the extradition of a third for their involvement in 53 deaths and 11 injuries in 2022.

Release Date: Mar. 18, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services assisted in the investigation that led to the arrest of a Brazilian national for selling fake Social Security cards and Green Cards.

Release Date: Mar. 12, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation of a recent Justice Department announcement of a Broward County resident arraigned on a federal indictment charging her with submission of a fraudulent asylum applications to USCIS.

Release Date: Mar. 11, 2025,

A suburban Chicago businessman has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly providing false and fraudulent information to U.S. authorities to obtain immigration benefits for his foreign national clients, following an investigation assisted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Release Date: Mar. 03, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation of a San Luis Obispo County woman arrested on a federal criminal complaint last month.

Release Date: Feb. 28, 2025,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in a case resulting in the sentencing of a Bronx-based former immigration attorney.

Release Date: Dec. 17, 2024,

Rule will provide greater benefits and flexibilities for U.S. employers and specialty occupation workers, helping to meet U.S. labor needs

Release Date: Nov. 27, 2024,

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a temporary final rule (TFR) making available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2025.

Release Date: Nov. 26, 2024,

The Department of Homeland Security today posted a Federal Register notice designating Lebanon for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months.

Release Date: Oct. 17, 2024,

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing new actions to provide temporary immigration reprieve to eligible Lebanese nationals currently in the United States and allowing them the opportunity to request work authorization.

Release Date: Sep. 23, 2024,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today posted a Federal Register notice establishing procedures for Liberians covered by Deferred Enforced Departure to apply for Employment Authorization Documents that will be valid through June 30, 2026.

Release Date: Sep. 18, 2024,

Effective Sept. 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automatically extended the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 36 months for lawful permanent residents who file Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card.

Release Date: Aug. 30, 2024,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the opening of an international field office in Quito, Ecuador on Sept. 10. The Quito Field Office will focus on increasing refugee processing capacity, consistent with USCIS commitments under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, and helping reunite individuals with their family members already in the United States.

Release Date: May. 06, 2024,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is honoring its dedicated workforce during Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) 2024. Celebrated annually during the first full week in May since 1985, PSRW is a time set aside to honor those who serve our nation as federal, state, county, and local government employees.   

Release Date: Apr. 29, 2024,

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a final rule to strengthen the integrity of the T nonimmigrant status (T visa) and ensure eligible victims of human trafficking can access protections and stabilizing benefits on a timely manner.

Release Date: Apr. 12, 2024,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today posted a Federal Register notice establishing procedures for Palestinians covered by Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to apply for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) that will be valid through Aug. 13, 2025.

Release Date: Apr. 12, 2024,

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from June 13, 2024, to December 12, 2025, due to ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Ethiopia that prevent individuals from safely returning.

Release Date: Apr. 04, 2024,

Building on extensive modernization efforts that have streamlined and improved access to work permits for eligible noncitizens, USCIS today announced a temporary final rule (TFR) to increase the automatic extension period for certain employment authorization documents (EADs) from up to 180 days to up to 540 days.

Release Date: Mar. 22, 2024,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the reopening of an international field office in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Release Date: Mar. 22, 2024,

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Burma for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from May 26, 2024, to November 25, 2025, due to extraordinary and temporary conditions in Burma that prevent individuals from safely returning.

Release Date: Jan. 30, 2024,

Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees for the first time since 2016.

Release Date: Jan. 26, 2024,

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Syria for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from April 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, due to ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Syria that prevent individuals from safely returning.

Release Date: Jan. 12, 2024,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the upcoming launch of a package of customer experience improvements for H-1B cap season. The measures are expected to increase efficiency and ease collaboration for organizations and their legal representatives.

Release Date: Dec. 13, 2023,

Consistent with its September announcement, the Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice reiterating the extensions of the periods to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the existing designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan.

Release Date: Nov. 16, 2023,

Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Department of Labor (DOL) published a temporary final rule making available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2024, on top of the statutory cap of 66,000 H-2B visas that are available each fiscal year.

Release Date: Oct. 20, 2023,

Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would modernize the H-1B specialty occupation worker program by streamlining eligibility requirements, improving program efficiency, providing greater benefits and flexibilities for employers and workers, and strengthening integrity measures.