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This Week in Immigration: September 4, 2026

This week's round-up of the biggest, need-to-know immigration news, brought to you by Boundless Immigration.

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This Week in Immigration: September 4, 2026
This week's round-up of the biggest, need-to-know immigration news, brought to you by Boundless Immigration.
U.S. Immigration News
USCIS Can Now Request Credit Reports From Green Card Sponsors
The new Form I-864 allows USCIS to access sponsors’ credit information, but how that information will affect green card applications remains unclear.
U.S. Immigration News
Proposal to End 60-Day Grace Period for H-1B Workers Clears Federal Review
The proposal moves closer to publication, but the existing grace period remains in place for eligible workers and their families.
U.S. Immigration News
State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Appointments Worldwide
Immigrant visa interviews are being rescheduled as consular officers undergo new training focused on public charge screening
U.S. Immigration News
Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration’s 75-Country Immigrant Visa Ban
A federal judge ruled that the State Department unlawfully blocked immigrant visas based on applicants’ nationality, clearing the way for processing to resume.
U.S. Immigration News
DHS Proposes New $103,265 Fee for H-1B Cap Petitions
The proposed fee would apply to cap-subject H-1B petitions and come on top of existing filing costs
U.S. Immigration News
Visa Bulletin for September 2026
Check the September Visa Bulletin now to see if your priority date is current and you can start your green card application process.
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U.S. Immigration News
USCIS Previews New Form I-485 Ahead of September Rollout
Most of the form is unchanged, but revisions to the public charge section could affect how applicants complete Form I-485.

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Immigration History
Immigrant Voting Rights
The first major U.S. law on immigrant voting rights, the Naturalization Act of 1790, let foreign-born white men become citizens with voting rights.
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Immigration Stories
#BoundlessCouple: Mariana and Brian
Mariana & Brian shared their immigration journey with Boundless. Their story begins when Mariana from Ecuador and Brian from Ohio got married in New York.
February 23, 2018

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U.S. Immigration News
The Visa Bulletin: What’s New for March 2018?
The March, 2018 Visa Bulletin with analysis by Boundless immigration policy expert, Doug Rand.
February 13, 2018

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Immigration Stories
#BoundlessCouple: Adam and Charmay
Adam and Charmay shared their immigration journey with the Boundless Team. Adam, a Detroit resident, married Charmay in the Philippines in June of 2015.
January 26, 2018

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U.S. Immigration News
The Visa Bulletin: What’s New for February 2018?
Learn how to understand the green card waiting lists in this edition of our Visa Bulletin Analysis. By U.S. Immigration policy expert, Doug Rand.
January 18, 2018

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Immigration Stories
#BoundlessCouple: Madeline and Jonathan
Madeline and Jonathan shared their immigration story with the Boundless Team. The Minnesotan married her Chilean husband in Texas in September of 2017.
January 2, 2018

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U.S. Immigration News
The Visa Bulletin: What's New for January 2018?
The January 2018 Visa Bulletin shows modest changes in wait times for both family-based (FB) and employment-based (EB) green card categories.
December 26, 2017

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Immigration History
These U.S. Immigrants Won Political Science's Most Prestigious Prize
These Skytte Prize-winners had something else in common besides influence in their fields: all emigrated to the U.S. from their countries of origin.
December 17, 2017

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Immigration History
Civil Rights and Immigration
Civil rights given to immigrants allow them equal protection under the law, including recourse to the court system regardless of their immigration status.
December 8, 2017

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Immigration History
Immigration and Globalization
The World Economic Forum defines globalization as “the process by which people and goods move easily across borders.” Globalization cannot exist without migration.
December 8, 2017

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Immigration History
Immigration, President Carter and Iran
On Oct. 21, 1979, President Jimmy Carter allowed Iran’s deposed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to enter the U.S. for cancer treatment, a move that heightened tensions with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s revolutionary government.
November 10, 2017

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Immigration History
Abraham Lincoln and Immigration
Before his presidency, Abraham Lincoln condemned the anti-immigrant views of the nativist “Know-Nothing Party,” calling them hypocritical.
October 21, 2017

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Immigration History
These Leading Sociologists Were U.S. Immigrants
Since 1980, the American Sociological Association has awarded the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, with several immigrant recipients whose experiences shaped their work.
October 17, 2017

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Immigration History
Immigration During the New Deal
Enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1936), the New Deal introduced sweeping programs to fight the Great Depression. Immigrants both shaped it and benefited from it.
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Immigration History
FDR and Immigration
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four-term presidency spanned the Great Depression and World War II, both of which had major impacts on U.S. immigration.
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