Immigration

Front-line food plant workers up next for COVID-19 vaccine
Meat and poultry processing plants were at the epicenter of some of the earliest COVID-19 outbreaks in communities in central and southern Minnesota. Vaccinations for the 45,000 workers at the state’s food processing plants are expected to begin in April.
Biden reopens gateway for green cards, work visas reversing Trump COVID-19 freeze
The change means the wait is over for hundreds of thousands of job-seeking foreigners and those pursuing permanent residency in the U.S., to apply for the coveted immigration documents.
Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into U.S.
The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed.
Biden moves to end Trump-era asylum agreements with Central American countries
The Biden administration took steps to dismantle deals with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that allowed the U.S. to send asylum-seekers to those countries, the State Department said Saturday.
New law provides Liberian immigrants pathway to citizenship, but few are applying
Although many Liberian immigrants are now eligible for green cards under a new law that gives them a pathway to citizenship, just a miniscule fraction of applications have been approved.