留学签证、访问学者和工作签证等需续签美国的签证者,即日起都必须进行面试。
印第安纳大学(Indiana University Bloomington)国际学生办公室(Office of International Services)28日更向所有国际学生发出邮件,提醒注意相关政策改变,以确保留美合法性。
印大发出的邮件中指出,近期移民政策变动频繁,请各位在美国持有签证的学生、学者以及工作人员,尽量先不要出境,以避免无法再次进入美国的情形发生。印大中国学生学者联谊会29日也向同学们发出公告,呼吁大家掌握最新政策变化。
根据,vox.com网站1月25日报道,该网站在24日一共从匿名人士处获取了6份川普的移民政令(executive orders)草案。
第一个行政令叫“改善边境安全及移民执行”(Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements),内容包括在美墨边境筑墙。第二个行政令,是有关“加强公共安全”(Enhancing Public Safety)的行动。它要求国土安全部及司法部扣留联邦政府拨给“庇护城市”(Sanctuary Cities)的经费。
这两份总统令还不够热闹,今天真正开始使得美国大乱的是:周五晚间签署的第三份移民政令,名为:“Protecting the Nation From Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals”的总统令,即所谓“穆斯林禁令”,其主要内容为:禁止包括叙利亚、伊拉克、伊朗、苏丹、索马里、也门和利比亚七国移民进入美国,禁期持续90天。
根据VOX的消息,一共六份移民总统令,现在川普政府刚刚对外发布了三份,已经使得美国大乱,还有三份尚未签署或者已经签署但尚未对外公布,相比较而言份量一点不轻,他们分别是:
I. 限制DACA计划的:“Ending unconstitutional executive amnesties”总统令;
II. 限制职业移民的:“Protecting American Jobs and Workers by Strengthening the Integrity of Foreign Worker Visa Programs”总统令;
III. 限制移民福利的:“Protecting Taxpayer Resources by Ensuring Our Immigration Laws Promote Accountability and Responsibility”总统令;
vox.com网站,披露了这三份总统令的文本,按照已经披露的前三份总统令的可信度而言,有理由相信,匿名人士提供的这三份总统令,是真实可靠的。
介绍下这三份尚未签署的移民总统令。
I. 限制DACA计划的:“Ending unconstitutional executive amnesties”总统令:
移民改革,奥巴马在2012年发布了,暂缓遣返青少年(DACA)的总统令,针对的是16岁以前到美国的偷渡儿童。自2012年开始,已经有超过74万人通过该计划获得居留移民,这些年轻无证移民在申请通过DACA 后,两年内不会被递解,同时还会发给工作证。
川普的总统令,虽然未直接关停DACA计划,但是将使得工作许可到期后,不能重新申请,并限制奥巴马的延期计划。
II. 限制职业移民的:“Protecting American Jobs and Workers by Strengthening the Integrity of Foreign Worker Visa Programs”总统令;
这是针对职业移民的限制,政令的标题为“加强外国工人签证计划,保护美国工人和就业”,主要就是为了限制合法职业移民,保护美国工人利益,内容如下:
1. 反转奥巴马政府的政策:延长OPT工作签证时间和H1B配偶的工作许可;
2. 要求国土安全部180天内,对L1签证展开“现场检查”,并在两年内扩展到所有职业移民类签证;
3. 对于H1B和J1计划,发起改革;
4. 对于海外学生,将加强管理,以保护美国学生的就业;
5. 让劳工部审核,雇佣外国员工对于本国员工的伤害;
6. 让国土安全部,发布移民报告,审核移民计划;
7. 审阅和停止Parole计划,以使得移民人数不超过国会的最高限额;
暂时未发现对于EB-5有何影响,当前应该是只有第二条可能会产生影响。其中,第七条,将可能影响移民局正在推出的“创业移民”计划,并将可能会封杀EB-5类别对于移民局发放Parole的期望。
III. 限制移民福利的:“Protecting Taxpayer Resources by Ensuring Our Immigration Laws Promote Accountability and Responsibility”总统令:
有别于,在墨西哥边境建造“实体城墙”,这个是所谓建造“福利城墙”的总统令,将限制移民享受美国社会福利。
当前,合法移民可以享受一定程度的公共福利。但是,联邦政府可以阻止某人入境或获得绿卡,如果认定Ta将成为“公共负担”的话。现在,联邦政府在评估“公共负担”时,仅仅考量现金补贴(如对于困难家庭的临时帮助),而不评估诸如医疗或者儿童健康保险等实物福利。
我只能说不论投移还是找工作以H1走职业移民方式,都是很漫长的过程,这个过程中无法预料会发生什么。我自己的经验是,移民要趁早,每一步都是赶早不赶晚。如果来回犹豫,不如不移,因为这个过程确实是蛮熬煎的。 作者: pp_dream 时间: 2017-2-22 23:09 标题: A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone
A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone
Two weeks ago, Sidd Bikkannavar flew back into the United States after spending a few weeks abroad in South America. An employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Bikkannavar had been on a personal trip, pursuing his hobby of racing solar-powered cars. He had recently joined a Chilean team, and spent the last weeks of January at a race in Patagonia.
Bikkannavar is a seasoned international traveler — but his return home to the US this time around was anything but routine. Bikkannavar left for South America on January 15th, under the Obama administration. He flew back from Santiago, Chile to the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas on Monday, January 30th, just over a week into the Trump administration.
HE WAS DETAINED BY CUSTOMS AND PRESSURED TO GIVE UP HIS PHONE AND ACCESS PIN
Bikkannavar says he was detained by US Customs and Border Patrol and pressured to give the CBP agents his phone and access PIN. Since the phone was issued by NASA, it may have contained sensitive material that wasn’t supposed to be shared. Bikkannavar’s phone was returned to him after it was searched by CBP, but he doesn’t know exactly what information officials might have taken from the device.
The JPL scientist returned to the US four days after the signing of a sweeping and controversial executive order on travel into the country. The travel ban caused chaos at airports across the United States, as people with visas and green cards found themselves detained, or facing deportation. Within days of its signing, the travel order was stayed, but not before more than 60,000 visas were revoked, according to the US State Department.
His ordeal also took place at a time of renewed focus on the question of how much access CBP can have to a traveler’s digital information, whether or not they’re US citizens: in January, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed complaints against CBP for demanding that Muslim American citizens give up their social media information when they return home from overseas. And there’s evidence that that kind of treatment could become commonplace for foreign travelers. In a statement this week, Homeland Security secretary John Kelly said that people visiting the United States may be asked to give up passwords to their social media accounts. "We want to get on their social media, with passwords: What do you do, what do you say?" Kelly told the House Homeland Security Committee. "If they don't want to cooperate then you don't come in."
Seemingly, Bikkannavar’s reentry into the country should not have raised any flags. Not only is he a natural-born US citizen, but he’s also enrolled in Global Entry — a program through CBP that allows individuals who have undergone background checks to have expedited entry into the country. He hasn’t visited the countries listed in the immigration ban and he has worked at JPL — a major center at a US federal agency — for 10 years. There, he works on “wavefront sensing and control,” a type of optics technology that will be used on the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. 作者: pp_dream 时间: 2017-2-22 23:16
我的解读是现在Homeland Security Dept的权利无穷大
这也是我在#21转的CNN链接,A guide to your rights at the border