Public Charge Rule Vacated Nationwide
On November 2, 2020, the district court in Cook County, Illinois, et al v. Wolf et. al., granted summary judgment in…
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On November 2, 2020, the district court in Cook County, Illinois, et al v. Wolf et. al., granted summary judgment in…
On the evening of September 30, 2020, President Trump signed into law an appropriations bill that includes, among other provisions,…
On September 4, 2020, a judge from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary…
In the last few months President Trump has issued a barrage of executive orders and proclamations aimed at restricting immigration…
On August 22, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act (H.R. 8089). The legislation…
For months now, the Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) has been discussing, and proposing, increases to…
On July 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) enjoined the Department of…
As previously-reported in one of our blog posts, on June 22, 2020, a new Presidential Proclamation extended a previously-issued proclamation…
Last week, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S.…
On Monday, July 6, 2020, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications to its previously issued exemptions for…
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order suspending the entry of individuals to the United States pursuant…
On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) issued a decision blocking an attempt by the…
On May 29, 2020, the White House issued Proclamation 100043, suspending the entry of certain Chinese nationals seeking to enter…
On March 18, 2020, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) suspended in person non-emergency services in response to…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Tampa District has announced that it will begin reopening its local offices…
On May 20, 2020, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) signed a settlement agreement with plaintiffs who had sued the…
On May 26, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it will extend the temporary closure of its…
On May 24, 2020, the White House issued a proclamation that temporarily bars persons who have been in Brazil from…
In light of COVID-19, USCIS has further extended the flexibilities it announced in March to assist applicants and petitioners responding…
After a seven-week suspension of in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices and application support centers (ASCs) due to…
On April 22, 2020, President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States for certain…
Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) completed the electronic pre-registration process for this year’s H-1B cap season, inaugurating…
As social distancing measures expand across the country in efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security…
Amidst growing concerns stemming from the continued spread of COVID-19, employers have been prompted to consider travel and work location…
Due to precautions being implemented by employers and employees related to physical proximity associated with COVID-19, the Department of Homeland…
Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that effective March 18, 2020 all non-emergency in-person appointments at local offices, including appointments for…
Concerns over the spread of COVID-19 are significantly impacting individuals’ ability to travel internationally because of recent physical presence (not…
This past week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began implementing its new public charge rule nationwide. The Department of State…
On February 6, 2020, the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in Guilford College et.…
Earlier this year, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new version of Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification…
We have been closely tracking the new Public Charge Rule that was initially set to take effect on October 15,…
Effective January 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of State has issued a rule, and amended existing Regulations, regarding issuance of…
When immigration policies shift, the ripple effects are felt across every corner of the economy. The healthcare industry is no…
Much of today’s immigration news coverage understandably focuses on mechanisms to gain access to U.S. immigration benefits such as visa…