- My detailed section by section summary of the public charge rule can be found here.
- This is a proposed rule and there are 60 days to comment from the day the rule is published in the Federal Register. The
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 …
I spent a week last month biking across the beautiful state of Iowa in RAGBRAI, the world’s largest bicycle ride that has been held in that state for the last 46 years. RAGBRAI, sponsored by the Des Moines Register …
Blogging hiatus will end shortly. In the meantime, here’s a post from my friend Tony Weigel of the Weigel Law Office in Grain Valley, Missouri who is an immigration lawyer and a member of AILA.
Wisdom is a big, beautiful …
Siskind Summary – Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 (“I-Squared”)
By Greg Siskind
Title I – Employment-Based Nonimmigrant Visas
Section 101. Market-Based H-1B Visa Limits
The H-1B cap shall be calculated first determining a base number using the number allocated in …
The US Federal government could shut down on January 20, 2018, at 12 am, because as of the writing of this article at the end of the workday on January 18th, Congress has not passed legislation to continue funding. A …
On December 14, 2017, USCIS announced it is beginning to accept Entrepreneur Parole cases. This is in response to a court order as a result of litigation over the agency’s attempt to postpone implementation of a rule finalized in the …
That 2017 has been a tumultuous year for immigration in the United States is not exactly a revelation. President Trump campaigned on this issue and has sought to deliver on many of his campaign promises. If you’re pro-immigration, there are …
The SECURE Act of 2017 was introduced this week by Senators Jon Cornyn (R-TX) and Charles Grassley (R-IA). Senator Grassley chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee and Cornyn chairs the Immigration Subcommittee. The bill is significant because it is seen as …
