Posted on February 19, 2021 by sethlerner1964
President Biden has frozen for 60 days last-minute rules from the Trump administration that would allow only higher-wage foreign workers to be employed in the United States. Under a DHS final rule issued January 8, only the highest-paid applicants to the H-1B visa program would be selected. The DHS rule was scheduled to go into effect March 9. Another rule issued on January 14 by DOL would significantly increase H-1B holders’ minimum wages. The DOL rule was scheduled to go into effect March 15. It remains to be seen whether the Biden administration will push to rescind the recent rules after the 60-day freeze. AILA and the American Immigration Council oppose the wage-prioritization rule, noting in regulatory comments that salary does not equate with value or “fully capture an individual’s contribution to society.”
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Posted on February 19, 2021 by sethlerner1964
Posted on February 19, 2021 by sethlerner1964
proclamation issued today by President Biden maintaining travel restrictions on individuals from the Schengen Area, U.K., Ireland, and Brazil, as well as adding restrictions on individuals from South Africa. Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel, issued on January 23, 2021, which directs the secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with other agencies, to assess the CDC order issued January 12, 2021, requiring a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 for persons entering the United States by air. Please note that all COVID-19-related travel bans remain in place.
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Posted on February 10, 2021 by sethlerner1964
AZ attorney general Mark Brnovich sued DHS on Wednesday over the Biden’s administration’s 100-day deportation pause. He stated that they sued DHS “alleging that their new policy halting deportations is illegal and it’s also contrary to an … [understanding] that we have with Homeland Security.” Arizona is the second state to sue over the deportation pause, following a similar suit brought by Texas on Jan. 22. That suit resulted in a temporary restraining order issued on Jan. 26. In response, The Biden administration argued that the agreement between the states and DHS is unenforceable because “an outgoing administration cannot contract away that power for an incoming administration.
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Posted on February 10, 2021 by sethlerner1964
the Supreme Court cancelled oral arguments in suits challenging former President Trump’s defense funding for border wall construction and a policy forcing asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their immigration cases proceed. The Biden administration had sought to remove the cases from the Court’s upcoming calendar, citing President Biden’s Inauguration Day orders freezing funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall and ending enrollment in the Remain in Mexico program. Under the program, more than 68,000 migrants have been forced to wait in Mexico for decisions on their immigration cases in the U.S., according to the administration’s request. The decision to grant the Biden administration’s request came in a brief order without explanation.
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Posted on February 10, 2021 by sethlerner1964
President Biden issued an executive order to increase admissions and allow the U.S. to set a goal of providing refuge to 125,000 people around the world fleeing violence, conflict and persecution. The order called for an expansion of the refugee program, which was gutted to only allowing 15,000 refugees in 2020 under the Trump administration. Biden’s order also declared that his administration would prioritize the resettlement of women, children and others facing persecution because of their gender or sexual orientation. He also instructed an interagency examination of ways to help people displaced by climate change, including by resettling them in the U.S.
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Posted on February 5, 2021 by sethlerner1964
NBC News reports that President Biden is continuing to unravel the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies but has been unable to stop the deportation of hundreds of people, including a woman who witnessed the 2019 anti-Latino mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart store. An early Biden executive order placing a 100-day moratorium on deportations until an enforcement review could be done was suspended by a federal judge in response to a Texas lawsuit. But the ruling didn’t require ICE to schedule deportations.
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Posted on February 5, 2021 by sethlerner1964
Posted on February 4, 2021 by sethlerner1964
Posted on February 4, 2021 by sethlerner1964
Another Executive Order by President Biden to allow keep families together by doing different things such as recapturing unused visas, eliminating wait times, and eliminating the 3/10 year bar. It also provides protections for orphans, widows, children, and Filipino veterans who fought alongside the United States in World War II. Lastly, the bill allows immigrants with approved family-sponsorship petitions to join family in the United States on a temporary basis while they wait for green cards to become available.
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