A new policy could deny an immigration application based in part on the use of government benefits by a close relative.
Fabian Schmidt sometimes wakes up afraid in the middle of the night, briefly forgetting he’s no longer at the maximum security prison where he spent two months last year. Schmidt, a German green card holder who moved to the United States as a teenager in 2007 and now lives in Nashua, was detained by immigration […]
A new analysis from Manifest Law found that pending family-based green card applications reached 543,486 in 2025—the highest level on record and up 180% since 2015. The timing is notable. Recent USCIS policy changes signal a major shift in how many family-based green card cases may be processed moving forward, raising questions about what happens to the hundreds of thousands of applicants currently waiting in the system. Under the new USCIS guidance, many family green card applicants may be required to leave the U.S. and complete processing through a consulate overseas. Researchers analyzed USCIS family-based immigration data to identify the states and field office regions with the most pending family green card cases. The report ranks locations by total pending Form I-485 family-based applications, and highlights the communities that could be most affected by changes to family green card processing.
Under a proposed policy – a departure from longtime practice that would cause significant disruption – green card applicants would no longer be able to apply for legal status from inside the US.
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CLAREMONT — For many local immigrants and naturalized American citizens, the subject of immigration can be a sensitive discussion, particularl…