Immigration Newsletter – January 2015
DHS Appropriations Act 2015
Happy New Year! We want to provide you an update status on the future of the President’s executive orders that were announced on November 20, 2014.
We begin a new year with a Republican controlled House of Congress and Senate. On January 14, 2015, the new Republican House of Congress made the first immigration related vote which was deferred from the previous year. This vote was for the funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS is comprised of 22 agencies such as the Secret Service, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guards, and all 3 immigration related agencies: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency (ICE), and Custom and Border Protection agency (CBP). DHS’ funding will end on February 27, 2015 unless a new budget bill is passed.
