On April 16, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1689, a bipartisan bill, by 224 to 204. The bill would extend Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for three more years for an estimated 350,000 Haitians in the United States. Ten House Republicans...
Topic: Immigration Articles
SAVE and E-Verify Release Updates on EADs Under TPS for Burma and Ethiopia, Superseding Earlier Notices
The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) and E-Verify programs, under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), recently updated guidance on Employment Authorization Document (EAD) validity in light of court orders affecting Temporary...
May Visa Bulletin Includes Advances in Various Immigrant Visa Categories, Possible Retrogression for India EB-5 Unreserved Category
The Department of State’s Visa Bulletin for May includes several updates: Immigrant visa issuance rates for people from certain countries have decreased. Consequently, to make visas available to prospective immigrants from other countries so they can use immigrant...
New ICE I-9 Inspection Policy Increases Risks for Employers
A recent fact sheet, Form I-9 Inspection Under Immigration and Nationality Act § 274A, released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), indicates a change in policy that increases the risks for employers by reclassifying some former technical violations as...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted in CNN on Potential Impact of Immigration Crackdown on Doctors
In Trump’s Immigration Crackdown May Put Doctors Out of Jobs Steve said it “might take years for litigation to conclude,” meaning that a Trump administration ban on visas for immigrants from many countries could remain in place for the duration of the Trump...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted in Travel Weekly on Immigration Policy’s Impact on Hospitality Workforce
In Historic Immigration Decline Could Damage the Hotel Industry Steve predicted that although some of the administration’s attempts to end Temporary Protected Status for various nations have been challenged in the courts, the fallout could be “like a tsunami wave that...
Steve Yale-Loehr Highlights New Op-Ed on Challenges Facing the I-9 Process
Steve reported that two immigration fellows at Cornell Law School’s Migration and Human Rights Program and Workshop, Seema Nanda and Emily Tulli, have co-authored an op-ed, The I-9 Employee Verification Process Is Having a Midlife Crisis, published by Bloomberg Law.
DOL’s Proposed 2027 Budget Would Make OFLC a Separate DOL Agency
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 would make the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), currently under the Employment and Training Administration, a separate and independent DOL agency reporting directly to the Deputy...
SAVE and E-Verify Release Updates on EADs Under TPS, Superseding Earlier Notices
The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) and E-Verify programs, under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), recently updated guidance on Employment Authorization Document (EAD) validity in light of court orders affecting Temporary...
USA Today: Steve Yale-Loehr Highlights Constitutional Stakes of Birthright Citizenship Debate
In Trump Wants to Define Who is an American. Will Supreme Court Let Him? Steve noted that President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship is one of more than 500 policy changes in his second administration that are among the most sweeping immigration...
