Changes are expected to take a month off the time it takes to process an application
Registration period is set from May 25 to November 22; Department of Homeland Security announces that about 1,600 Burmese nationals 'continuously residing' in US since March 11 now can obtain protected status.
VOA has obtained documents that offer a small window into the arduous process of hammering out a deportation agreement between the US and Laos
Number of 'recalcitrant' countries drops from 23 to nine
The deportations are 'likely' to happen in two 'batches,' and the first group will be removed before holidays.
Thousands of foreign nationals adopted by American parents are not US citizens because their parents did not follow through on naturalization.
