USCIS Announces FY 2020 H-1B Cap Season Start, Updates, and Changes
New efforts underscore the agency’s commitment to supporting President Trump’s Buy American and Hire American executive order designed to protect U.S. workers. Keep Reading
USCIS Strengthens Guidance on Spousal Petitions Involving Minors
USCIS will consider whether the age of the beneficiary or petitioner at the time the marriage was celebrated violates the law of the place of celebration and is recognized as valid. Keep Reading
Vegas Case Shows Need for Training on the Signs of Human Trafficking
A possible victim or recruit of traffickers was sent back to her country rather than letting the authorities investigate the circumstances around her travel. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: Why Deterrence Is Not the Answer to Reducing Asylum-Seeking Migrant Flows
Only actors making cost-benefit calculations and perceiving there to be a viable alternative to their actions are responsive. Keep Reading
These Policy Changes Will Impact Legal Immigrants in the U.S. in 2019
Not all of the new rules are punitive. Some help foreign citizens obtain immigration benefits such as green cards or permanent residence. Keep Reading
Durham County Sheriff Issues Order to Not Honor 48-Hour ICE Detainers
Sheriff Clarence Birkhead issued a directive to the Durham County Detention Center to release any detained immigrants as soon as they are eligible, disregarding the standard 48 hours that an inmate is held over in jail so that they can be taken into ICE custody. Keep Reading
Brazilian Grandparents Given Light Sentences for Aiding International Kidnapping of Boy
Christopher Brann was expecting to see his three-year-old son, Nico, return in three weeks. That was five-and-a-half years ago. Keep Reading
DHS Proposes Merit-Based Rule for H-1B Visa Program
The proposed temporary suspension provision would also allow USCIS to up-front delay the implementation of the H-1B registration process past the fiscal year (FY) 2020 cap season, Keep Reading
Doctors Say Trump’s Proposed Immigration Rule Threatens Public Health
“Immigrant rights advocates fear that it will discourage all non-citizens from using public benefits, even ones they are lawfully entitled to.” Keep Reading
Administration Seeks to Limit Green Cards for Immigrants Who Have Used Public Benefits
DHS is proposing to consider current and past receipt of designated public benefits above certain thresholds as a heavily weighed negative factor. Keep Reading
