Pentagon to redirect $2.2B in border wall funds back to military projects.
The DOD announced that the Pentagon will restore $2.2 billion to military construction projects that were stripped by the Trump administration to pay for a…
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Biden nominates Texas sheriff to lead ICE
The White House announced that President Biden will nominate Ed Gonzalez, a sheriff from Texas and critic of the Trump administration’s deportation policies, to lead…
DOJ ends Trump-era limits on grants to sanctuary cities
An internal memo revealed that the DOJ has repealed a policy put in place during the Trump administration that cut off hundreds of millions of…
U.S. ends use of two immigration jails accused of mistreatment.
The Biden administration announced it is ending the use of two immigration jails – one in Georgia where women claimed they were subjected to unwanted…
A New Plan by the Biden Administration Will Speed Up Court Cases for Families Crossing the Border
Biden administration is launching a new effort to speed up the cases of immigrant families who are picked up by agents after crossing the southern border between…
White House announces border agreements with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala.
White House said it had reached agreements with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala to step up military presence at their borders in an effort to stem migration…
DHS Announces 22,000 Additional H-2B Visas
DHS announced a supplemental increase of 22,000 visas for the H-2B visa program. The additional visas will be made available in the coming months via a…
USCIS Completes Initial H-1B Electronic Registration Selection Process and Extends Grace Period for New Form I-129
on March 30, 2021, USCIS completed the initial FY2022 H-1B cap-subject registration selection process. Additionally, USCIS extended the grace period for the new version of…
Civil Rights Coalition Celebrates End of Harmful Visa Ban
Last night at midnight, former President Trump’s ban on nonimmigrant visas expired. With the expiration of Proclamation 10052, many categories of nonimmigrants will no longer be…
USCIS announced FY 2022 H-1B cap season updates
USCIS has received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2022 H-1B cap including the advanced degree exemption (master’s…
USCIS and EOIR Further Delay Effective Date of Final Rule on Pandemic-Related Security Bars to Asylum and Withholding of Removal
USCIS and EOIR further delayed until December 31, 2021, the effective date of the final rule “Security Bars and Processing,” originally published on December 23, 2020. Public comment is…