August 22, 2025 - Weekly Immigration News Recap
In the August 22, 2025 Weekly Immigration News Recap, Finn is joined by Shobhana Kasturi—Owner and Immigration Attorney at Kasturi Law—for an in-depth breakdown of the week’s biggest immigration developments.
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Kasturi Law → https://www.kasturilaw.com
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/shobhana-k-13a99617
Sources cited in this episode:
– Change to ‘Good Moral Character’ Evaluation for Naturalization Applications (USCIS — 15 August 2025): https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/08.15.2025-Restoring_a_Good_Moral_Character_Evaluation_Standard_for_Aliens_Applying_for_Naturalization-Policy_Memorandum_FINAL.pdf
– Clarifying Discretionary Factors in Certain Immigration Benefit Requests (USCIS — 19 August 2025): https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250819-DiscretionaryFactors.pdf
– USCIS to Consider Anti-Americanism in Immigrant Benefit Requests: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-to-consider-anti-americanism-in-immigrant-benefit-requests
– State Department Yanks More Than 6K Student Visas (Fox News — 18 August 2025): https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubios-state-department-yanks-more-than-6k-student-visas-due-assault-burglary-support-terrorism
– Policy Alert — Family-Based Immigrants & NTAs (USCIS — 1 August 2025): https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250801-FamilyBasedImmigrants.pdf
– New Restrictions for the Visa Interview Waiver Program (U.S. State Department — 25 July 2025): https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/interview-waiver-update-july-25-2025.html
– Interviewing Babies: The Latest in Consular Inefficiency (Niskanen Center — 20 August 2025): https://www.niskanencenter.org/interviewing-babies-the-latest-in-consular-inefficiency
– Visa Bond Pilot Program (U.S. State Department — 5 August 2025): https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/countries-subject-to-visa-bonds.html
– Ninth Circuit Lets Trump Nix Protections for 60,000 Migrants (Bloomberg Law — 20 August 2025): https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/ninth-circuit-lets-trump-nix-protections-for-60-000-migrants
