Immigration and Firm News

TPS Extended to January 4, 2021 for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan

On November 4, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it was extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Documentation…

5 years ago

USCIS Expects to Implement Pre-Registration Requirement for H-1B Lottery for Next Year, but No Formal Announcement Yet

On January 31, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule making significant changes to…

5 years ago

New Health Insurance Requirement for Immigrant Visa Applicants Temporarily Halted by Court

On Saturday, November 2, 2019, a judge in the U.S. District Court in the District of Oregon issued a temporary…

5 years ago

Attorney General Releases Two Decisions Limiting Eligibility for Immigration Relief based on Criminal History

Last Friday, on October 25, 2019, the U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided two cases that could have a significant…

5 years ago

New Health Insurance Requirements for Immigrant Visa Applicants

On October 4, 2019, President Trump issued a “Presidential Proclamation on Health Care,” declaring that all people applying for immigrant…

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ICE Announces Implementation of Expanded Expedited Removal

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") has announced a new policy, scheduled to be in effect as of September…

5 years ago

DACA Update – Supreme Court to Review Challenges to Termination of DACA Program

On September 05, 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.…

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USCIS Announces Major Changes to Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule that will…

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Federal District Court Judge Blocks Trump’s Third Country Asylum Rule

As outlined in our blog, “Trump Administration Issues New Third Country Asylum Rule,” the new third-country asylum rule bars anyone…

5 years ago

Trump Administration Issues New Third Country Asylum Rule

  UPDATE: On July 24, 2019, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of San Francisco, California issued a preliminary injunction which…

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