U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that on July 21, 2026, a U.S. district court issued an order in Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts v. USCIS granting, in part, plaintiffs’ emergency motion for an administrative stay of certain...
Topic: Immigration Articles
First Circuit Denies Stay in $100,000 H-1B Fee Case
On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied a motion to continue a stay in State of California v. Mullin. In that case, plaintiffs (a group of 20 states[1]) challenged a proclamation by President Trump requiring that $100,000 be paid with...
Steve Co-Authors Brookings Analysis on New Duration of Status Rule
Steve Yale-Leohr co-authored What Does the New Duration of Status Rule Mean for International Students and Workers? In the article, he examines the new DHS rule ending duration of status for international students and workers and its potential legal and practical...
Steve Yale-Loehr Discusses Supreme Court Immigration Rulings in Bloomberg Law
In High Court Rulings Back Broad Executive Authority on Immigration, Steve said that the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding birthright citizenship was the “exception to the general rule of giving the executive branch more power over immigration.”
DHS Rescinds Public Charge Regulation
On July 16, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it has issued a final rule rescinding a 2022 regulation regarding public charge determinations. DHS said the rule “ensures that officers can make highly individualized, fact-specific,...
USCIS Reaches FY 2027 H-1B Cap
On July 17, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption for fiscal year 2027. USCIS...
DHS Finalizes Rule Eliminating Duration of Status for F, J, and I Nonimmigrants
On July 16, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its long-anticipated final rule changing the admission period in the F, J, and I classifications from duration of status (D/S) to admission for a fixed time period tied to the nonimmigrant’s program,...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted by the Los Angeles Times on Supreme Court Immigration Ruling
In Even Without Birthright Citizenship, Supreme Court Co-Signs Much of Trump’s Immigration Agenda, Steve notes, “Despite this seemingly historic loss, the Trump administration is winning its war on immigrants.”
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted by Newsweek on Marriage-Based Green Card Delays
In How Trump Admin Has Changed Green Card Enforcement for US Citizens’ Spouses, Steve noted that for many spouses of U.S. citizens, the process to obtain a marriage-based green card is "technically" the same as it always was, but families where the spouse is not in...
OFLC Announces List of Randomized H-2B Applications With Work Start Date of October 1
On July 8, 2026, the Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced the Assignment Groups for 2,625 H-2B applications covering 51,158 worker positions with a work start date of October 1, 2026, received during the July 3-5, 2026, filing...
