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The sky is not falling after all according to USCIS.

Why Suspect Marriage Fraud? Because Some People Actually Encourage Immigration Marriage Fraud. Check out This Excerpt from The Uscis Website a Couple of Days Ago. Marriage Fraud – USCIS Efforts Lead to Guilty Convictions in Florida

Typically, student visas are issued for “duration of stay” meaning the time was open-ended (with compliance assumed). If your student F visa expires and you have not applied for an adjustment of status, you are out of compliance. This means you are unlawfully present in the US. It is a big deal now more than ever.

ICE records reveal they are arresting more people who have no criminal record. In 2015 and 2016, 85% of people arrested by ICE had criminal convictions. In the first 14 months of the Trump administration, 69% of their arrests involved people with criminal convictions.

Wednesday, a third federal Judge rejected President Trump's reasoning for ending DACA and ordered that the White House must challenge his ruling within 90 days or DACA will be reinstated in its entirety. Should this come to pass, those that were eligible for DACA, but never took advantage of it, would have the opportunity to apply.

Back in The News, I recently said I thought immigration issues would probably not be in public eye until the midterm elections (this fall). I was wrong. I failed to take into account that Trump is a man on a mission and he can make news any time he wants.