On July 10, 2019, the House of Representatives passed by a 365-65 margin HR 1044 which would eliminate per-country quotas for employment-based green card categories and raise the quotas from 7% to 15% in the family categories.
The bill is …
On June 4, 2019, the US House of Representatives passed the DREAM Act by a margin of 237 to 187. The following is a section by section summary of that bill’s provisions:
Section 1. Short Title – The Act is …
[UPDATE] – Newsweek has written about the case.
[UPDATE] – I’m pleased to tell folks that a lot of advocacy work from a lot of people paid off and Mrs. Puerto Diaz is home! ICE drove her back in a …
[UPDATE 12/27/28- new information has been added regarding several agencies including EOIR, USCIS and Department of State]
At midnight eastern time this evening, the following government agencies will shut down because of President Trump’s rejection of a budget bill sent …
Intro: The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a new rule that will dramatically change the way the H-1B application process works. The rule would establish an electronic pre-registration system and run the annual lottery based on the pre-registrations rather …
The following is a brief rundown of the temporary restraining order decision that shut down the new DOJ/DHS rule banning the application for asylum for people near the southern US border who enter the US within inspection.
1- Judge Tigar …
Click here for my Dropbox link to a summary of today’s new regulation suspending eligibility for asylum for individuals crossing the southern border illegally as well as the Presidential Proclamation regarding the same.…
DHS has released an advance copy of the long-anticipated public charge rule. The impacts on the immigration system will be dramatic if it is finalized. It dramatically expands the authority of examiners to deny someone adjustment of status on public …
1 – This is a summary of the DACA order today that came down from Judge Hanen in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Judge Hanen was the same judge who ruled against the DAPA program …