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Thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children are immediately eligible to apply for an Obama-era program that grants them work permits, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in Brooklyn said he was fully restoring the eight-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program to the days before the Trump administration tried to end it in September 2017. He ordered the Department of Homeland Security to post a public notice by Monday to accept first-time applications and ensure that work permits are valid for two years.

Strained under a massive backlog and the inability to render consistent, fair decisions, the U.S. immigration courts require the urgent attention of the incoming Biden administration. Agotados por un enorme retraso y plagados por la incapacidad de tomar decisiones justas y consistentes, las cortes de inmigración de los EEUU requieren la atención inmediata de la administración entrante de Biden. https://www.justsecurity.org//the-urgent-need-to-restore-/

Trump officials unveil new U.S. citizenship test, which will go into effect on December 1, 2020. Los funcionarios de Trump presentan un nuevo examen de naturalización (ciudadanía) que entrará en efecto el 1ro de diciembre de 2020 para nuevos casos de naturalización. https://www.cbsnews.com//new-us-citizenship-test-will-req/