USCIS’s New Immigration Policy For Families Through Fertility Assistance Is Good, But Not Great

If a U.S. citizen is the legal parent of a child, without a genetic or gestational connection, and the INA doesn’t require those elements, why is the new policy requiring them?

Excerpt- “Well, it’s been a tough week for the Biden administration. And the world. But not everything has been bad lately. On August 5, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy alert on the subject of “Assisted Reproductive Technology and In-Wedlock Determinations for Immigration and Citizenship Purposes.” Sound exciting? It is!”

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Ellen Trachman is the Managing Attorney of Trachman Law Center, LLC, and a regular contributor to the ‘AboveTheLaw’ platform.