New ICE memo sets different priorities for agency.
ICE issued a new memo dictating the grounds for which people can be deported for the next 90 days. Officers will need preapproval from a senior…
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Virginia joins federal lawsuit against company accused of preying on immigrants.
VA Attorney General Mark Herring is joining a lawsuit against Libre by Nexus. Libre by Nexus, which calls itself a “bail bond services” firm, provides bond…
Biden partially lifted Trump’s pandemic-related green card ban.
President Biden lifted the Trump administration’s orders preventing foreigners from moving to the U.S. on new green cards, saying the orders failed to advance American…
CBP to Enforce Face Mask Requirement at Ports of Entry
CBP announced that, effective February 2, 2021, it is enforcing the requirement that travelers wear face masks at all air, land, and sea ports of entry.…
Advance Copy Released of USCIS Final Rule Delaying Effective Date of Rule Creating Wage-Based Selection Process for H-1Bs
An advance copy was made available of a USCIS final rule delaying until December 31, 2021, the effective date of the January 8, 2021, final rule creating a wage-based…
President Biden reinstates DED for eligible Liberians.
On Jan. 20, 2021, President Biden issues a memo directing the secretary of DHS to reinstate Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for eligible Liberians and to provide…
Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into U.S.
the Biden administration announced plans for those who have been forced to wait in Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) to be allowed into…
Judge fears that lottery winners’ visa at risk without injunction.
Thursday, a D.C. federal judge expressed concern that thousands of visa lottery winners affected by President Biden’s continued enforcement of Trump-era travel bans are in…
USCIS Announces New Edition and Filing Address for Form I-690
USCIS announced that, on January 29, 2021, it published the new July 23, 2020, edition of Form I-690, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, and changed…
USCIS Final Rule Strengthening H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program Will Be Withdrawn by New Administration
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain issued a memorandum that directs, in part, that 1) all rules pending at the Federal Register that have not been published must…
H-1B’s Almost Here
This year the H-1B’s are allowed to be filed starting on the 9th of March and going through the last week of March. There are…
USCIS extends flexibility for responding to agency requests.
SCIS announced that, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is extending the flexibilities it announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants, petitioners, and…