For all visas, immigration lawyers have also seen an increase in challenges, or requests for evidence, from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which oversees immigration. Show Hide Dreamers are young immigrants who would qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (Daca) program, enacted under Barack Obama in 2012. Donald Trump cancelled the program in September but has also said repeatedly he wants Congress to develop a program to “help” the population. When Trump was elected, Feist anticipated Congress would move to change immigration law, but she said she did not expect interference with the administrative process. “We’ve seen a massive interest from the private sector in resettlement and an increase in private donors,” said Van der Weerd.

Source: The Guardian December 23, 2017 14:00 UTC