Yesterday I published a summary of the leaked draft DHS memorandum regarding the implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order on Border Enforcement. The White House denial that the earlier memo was real appears to have been misleading as the memorandum …
A document was published today that purports to lay out DHS’ strategy for implementing the Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements Executive Order which was signed by President Trump on January 25th. The memorandum from Secretary Kelly is …
There have been numerous stories in the media this week regarding the impact of the travel ban on medicine. Some talk about doctors’ individual stories. Some talking about contributions international doctors make. Here are links to a few dozen.
- First
For people harboring the hope that President Trump would suddenly have a realization that immigrants aren’t all criminals out to take American jobs (isn’t that an inherent contradiction?), today was a jarring reality check. We are getting a wall (albeit …
USCIS has proposed a major EB-5 regulation that changes investment amounts, how Targeted Employment Areas are approved and more. A section by section summary of this 110-page proposed rule can be found here. Comments are due by April 11, …
James Sensenbrenner has been named by House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte to serve as chair of the Immigration Subcommittee. Congressman Sensenbrenner has served for many years on the Judiciary Committee and while he has not been on the Immigration Subcommittee …
- It’s available to entrepreneurs working in start-up companies formed within the last five years
- USCIS is creating a new I-941 application form and will charge a filing fee of $1200 and will begin taking applications on July 15th.
- The entrepreneur
USCIS turned around the final entrepreneur parole rule extremely quickly – in just four months and right before the end of the Administration. I suspect this is one President-Elect Trump will like as it creates jobs for Americans at no …
USCIS has just adopted the AAO case Matter of T-O-S-U as USCIS policy. To qualify for an H-1B visa, a physician must normally have passed all parts of USMLE. There is an exception for physicians of national or international renown.…
Nearly five years in to its existence, nearly three-quarters of a million young people are working and attending school legally under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Nearly 65 of the nation’s medical schools have committed to accepting qualified …
