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Ninth Court Rules TPS Can End for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan
Immigration Impact: In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for four countries can proceed. The fate of nearly 250,000 people from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and...
Trump Drops Directive Against F-1 Students Requiring In-Class Instruction
The Trump administration has agreed to rescind a directive that would have barred foreign students from the United States if their colleges canceled in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, following lawsuits by a number of universities and states, a...
Supreme Court Upholds DACA
In a major rebuke to President Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the administration's plan to dismantle an Obama-era program that has protected 700,000 so-called DREAMers from deportation. The vote was 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the opinion....
Executive Proclamation Affecting H-2, H-1B, L-1, and J-1 Visaholders
Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak President of the United States, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections...
USCIS Will Implement H 1B Electronic Registration Process for FY2021 Cap Season
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it has completed a successful pilot testing phase and is implementing the registration process in the next H-1B lottery. Employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions for the fiscal year 2021 cap,...
USCIS Begins Producing Security-Enhanced Travel Documents
USCIS announced that it will begin producing a security-enhanced U.S. travel document, which is a booklet that looks similar to a U.S. passport. The travel document can serve in place of Form I-327 and Form I-571. Prior versions of the travel document will remain...
US Sued over Health Insurance Rule for Immigrant Families
A lawsuit Wednesday accused the Trump administration of preventing Americans from bringing their foreign spouses and parents to live with them in the United States by requiring those immigrants to prove they can afford health care before they get visas. Seven U.S....